Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 4, sentence 53
Eager to let Ariadne know of his success, he followed the guidance of the thread, and soon found himself at the entrance of the labyrinth.
Who acts: Ariadne, Theseus · What happens: let, know, follow, find, guide · To what, where: Ariadne, guidance, Theseus, entrance, thread
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 (Ariadne, Theseus), 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 | Eager | eager | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 let | mark |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Eager | xcomp |
| 4 | Ariadne | Ariadne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 let | obj |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 let | xcomp |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 success | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 success | nmod:poss |
| 8 | success | success | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 know | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 followed | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 followed | nsubj |
| 11 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Eager | parataxis |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 guidance | det |
| 13 | guidance | guidance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 followed | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 thread | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 thread | det |
| 16 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 guidance | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 found | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 found | cc |
| 19 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 20 found | advmod |
| 20 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Eager | parataxis |
| 21 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 20 found | obj |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 entrance | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 entrance | det |
| 24 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 found | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 labyrinth | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 labyrinth | det |
| 27 | labyrinth | labyrinth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 entrance | nmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Eager | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | to-infinitive | Ariadne | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | know | infinitive | Ariadne not said here | of Theseus's success | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of success=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | follow | past | Theseus | the guidance of the thread | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guidance=Theme | ||||
| 4 | find | past | Theseus | the entrance of the labyrinth | soon property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at entrance=Asset | |||
| 5 | guide | the thread | nom guidance «communication 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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