Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur., part 4, sentence 90
But poor King Aegeus, day after day, infirm as he was, had clambered to the summit of a cliff that overhung the sea, and there sat watching for Prince Theseus, homeward bound; and no sooner did he behold the fatal blackness of the sails, than he concluded that his dear son, whom he loved so much, and felt so proud of, had been eaten by the Minotaur.
Who acts: Aegeus, cliff, dear son, Minotaur · What happens: infirm, clamber, overhang, sit, watch, behold · To what, where: summit, sea, fatal blackness
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 (Aegeus, cliff, dear son, Minotaur), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 infirm | cc |
| 2 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 King | amod |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Aegeus | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Aegeus | Aegeus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 infirm | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 day | punct |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Aegeus | appos |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 day | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Aegeus | punct |
| 10 | infirm | infirm | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 clambered | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 clambered | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 clambered | aux |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 clambered | punct |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 clambered | aux |
| 16 | clambered | clamber | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 infirm | advcl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 summit | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 summit | det |
| 19 | summit | summit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 clambered | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 cliff | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 cliff | det |
| 22 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 summit | nmod |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 overhung | nsubj |
| 24 | overhung | overhang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 cliff | acl:relcl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 sea | det |
| 26 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 overhung | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 sat | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 sat | cc |
| 29 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 30 sat | expl |
| 30 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 infirm | advcl |
| 31 | watching | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 30 sat | xcomp |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 Theseus | case |
| 33 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Theseus | compound |
| 34 | Theseus | Theseus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 watching | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 bound | punct |
| 36 | homeward | homeward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 bound | compound |
| 37 | bound | bound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Theseus | appos |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 behold | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 behold | cc |
| 40 | no | no | ADV | _ | 41 sooner | advmod |
| 41 | sooner | soon | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 44 behold | advmod |
| 42 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 behold | aux |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 behold | nsubj |
| 44 | behold | behold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 infirm | parataxis |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 blackness | det |
| 46 | fatal | fatal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 blackness | amod |
| 47 | blackness | blackness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 behold | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 sails | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 sails | det |
| 50 | sails | sail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 blackness | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 concluded | punct |
| 52 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 54 concluded | mark |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 concluded | nsubj |
| 54 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 behold | conj |
| 55 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 62 loved | mark |
| 56 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 son | nmod:poss |
| 57 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 son | amod |
| 58 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 loved | nsubj |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 loved | punct |
| 60 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 62 loved | obj |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 loved | nsubj |
| 62 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 concluded | advcl |
| 63 | so | so | ADV | _ | 64 much | advmod |
| 64 | much | much | ADV | _ | 62 loved | advmod |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 felt | punct |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 felt | cc |
| 67 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 loved | parataxis |
| 68 | so | so | ADV | _ | 69 proud | advmod |
| 69 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 felt | xcomp |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 proud | obl |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 eaten | punct |
| 72 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 74 eaten | aux |
| 73 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 74 eaten | aux:pass |
| 74 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 67 felt | conj |
| 75 | by | by | ADP | _ | 77 Minotaur | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 Minotaur | det |
| 77 | Minotaur | Minotaur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 eaten | obl |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 infirm | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | infirm | infinitive | Aegeus poor King | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | clamber | past · perfect | Aegeus | the summit of a cliff | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to summit=Destination | ||||
| 3 | overhang | past | a cliff | the sea | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Co-Theme | ||||
| 4 | sit | past | Aegeus poor King not said here | there | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | watch | gerund | Aegeus poor King not said here | for Prince Theseus | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for theseus=Theme | ||||
| 6 | behold | past · do-support | Aegeus | the fatal blackness of the sails | soon property | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blackness=Stimulus | |||
| 7 | conclude | past | Aegeus | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 8 | love | past | Aegeus's dear son | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | |||||
| 9 | feel | past | proud property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 10 | eat | past · perfect · passive | the Minotaur | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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