Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 4, sentence 35
And to confess the honest truth, he needed the whole; for now the Minotaur, turning suddenly about, caught sight of Theseus, and instantly lowered his horribly sharp horns, exactly as a mad bull does when he means to rush against an enemy.
Who acts: Minotaur, mad bull · What happens: confess, need, turn, catch, lower, do · To what, where: honest truth, whole, sharp horns, enemy, Theseus
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Minotaur., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Minotaur, mad bull), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 needed | cc |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 confess | mark |
| 3 | confess | confess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 needed | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 truth | det |
| 5 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 truth | amod |
| 6 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 confess | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 confess | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 needed | nsubj |
| 9 | needed | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 whole | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 needed | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 Minotaur | punct |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 Minotaur | case |
| 14 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 Minotaur | advmod |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Minotaur | det |
| 16 | Minotaur | Minotaur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 needed | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 turning | punct |
| 18 | turning | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 Minotaur | acl |
| 19 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 18 turning | advmod |
| 20 | about | about | ADV | _ | 18 turning | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 sight | punct |
| 22 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 sight | amod |
| 23 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Minotaur | appos |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Theseus | case |
| 25 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 sight | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 lowered | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 lowered | cc |
| 28 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 29 lowered | advmod |
| 29 | lowered | lower | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 needed | conj |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 horns | nmod:poss |
| 31 | horribly | horribly | ADV | _ | 32 sharp | advmod |
| 32 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 horns | amod |
| 33 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 lowered | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 does | punct |
| 35 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 40 does | advmod |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 40 does | mark |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 bull | det |
| 38 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 bull | amod |
| 39 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 does | nsubj |
| 40 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 lowered | conj |
| 41 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 43 means | mark |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 means | nsubj |
| 43 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 does | advcl |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 rush | mark |
| 45 | rush | rush | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 means | xcomp |
| 46 | against | against | ADP | _ | 48 enemy | case |
| 47 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 enemy | det |
| 48 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 rush | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 needed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confess | to-infinitive | Minotaur not said here | the honest truth | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | ||||
| 2 | need | past | Minotaur | the whole | for the Minotaur | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whole=Theme | |||
| 3 | turn | gerund | the Minotaur not said here | about, suddenly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | catch | participle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | lower | past | Minotaur not said here | Minotaur's sharp horns | instantly property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Theme | |||
| 6 | do | present | a mad bull | exactly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | mean | present | Minotaur | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | rush not said to happen | to-infinitive | Minotaur not said here | a enemy | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against enemy=Trajectory | ||||
| 9 | sight | Theseus | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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