Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 4, sentence 81

Nevertheless, straddling from headland to headland, as his custom was, Talus attempted to strike a blow at the vessel, and, overreaching himself, tumbled at full length into the sea, which splashed high over his gigantic shape, as when an iceberg turns a somerset.

Who acts: custom, Talus, sea, iceberg · What happens: straddle, be, attempt, strike, overreach, tumble · To what, where: headland, blow, vessel, Talus, full length, gigantic shape

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 (custom, Talus, sea, iceberg), 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	Nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	_	3 straddling	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 straddling	punct
3	straddling	straddle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 headland	case
5	headland	headland	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 straddling	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 headland	case
7	headland	headland	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 straddling	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 was	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 was	mark
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 custom	nmod:poss
11	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 was	nsubj
12	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 straddling	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 attempted	punct
14	Talus	Talus	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 attempted	nsubj
15	attempted	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 was	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 strike	mark
17	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 attempted	xcomp
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 blow	det
19	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 strike	obj
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 vessel	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 vessel	det
22	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 strike	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 overreaching	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 overreaching	cc
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 overreaching	punct
26	overreaching	overreach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 strike	advcl
27	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	26 overreaching	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 tumbled	punct
29	tumbled	tumble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 overreaching	conj
30	at	at	ADP	_	32 length	case
31	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 length	amod
32	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 tumbled	obl
33	into	into	ADP	_	35 sea	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 sea	det
35	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 tumbled	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 splashed	punct
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 splashed	nsubj
38	splashed	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 sea	acl:relcl
39	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	38 splashed	advmod
40	over	over	ADP	_	43 shape	case
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 shape	nmod:poss
42	gigantic	gigantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 shape	amod
43	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 splashed	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 turns	punct
45	as	as	SCONJ	_	49 turns	mark
46	when	when	SCONJ	_	49 turns	mark
47	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 iceberg	det
48	iceberg	iceberg	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 turns	nsubj
49	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 overreaching	conj
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 somerset	det
51	somerset	somerset	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 turns	obj
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 straddling	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	straddle	gerund			headland	to headland; nevertheless property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	be	past	Talus's custom				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	attempt	past	Talus				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	strike not said to happen	to-infinitive	Talus not said here	a blow	the vessel		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient
5	overreach	gerund	Talus not said here	Talus			vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme
6	tumble	participle	Talus not said here		full length	into the sea	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into sea=Initial_Location
7	splash	past	the sea		Talus's gigantic shape	high property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over shape=Location
8	turn	present	a iceberg	a somerset			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent somerset=Theme

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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