Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 1, sentence 4
As for the Giant, being of a very lofty stature, it was easy enough to see him, but safest to keep out of his sight.
Who acts: Africa · What happens: be, see, keep out, sight · To what, where: Africa, sight
This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pygmies., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Africa), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 Giant | mark |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 1 As | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Giant | det |
| 4 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stature | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Giant | punct |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 stature | cop |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 stature | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 stature | det |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 lofty | advmod |
| 10 | lofty | lofty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stature | amod |
| 11 | stature | stature | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 easy | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 easy | expl |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 easy | cop |
| 15 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stature | appos |
| 16 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 15 easy | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 see | mark |
| 18 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 easy | csubj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 see | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 safest | punct |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 safest | cc |
| 22 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 easy | conj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 keep | mark |
| 24 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 safest | advcl |
| 25 | out | out | ADP | _ | 28 sight | case |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 sight | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 sight | nmod:poss |
| 28 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 keep | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 stature | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | of a lofty stature | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | past | easy, enough property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | Africa | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 5 | keep out | to-infinitive | Africa's sight | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | |||||
| 6 | sight | Africa | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=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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