Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 1, sentence 72
However this might be, and whatever creatures the Pygmies rode upon, I do not doubt that they made a formidable appearance, armed with sword and spear, and bow and arrow, blowing their tiny trumpet, and shouting their little war cry.
Who acts: this, I, Pygmies, bow · What happens: be, not doubt, make, blow, shout, cry · To what, where: formidable appearance, tiny trumpet, little war cry
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 (this, I, Pygmies, bow), 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 | However | however | ADV | _ | 11 rode | advmod |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 rode | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 rode | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 rode | cop |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 rode | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 rode | cc |
| 7 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 creatures | det:predet |
| 8 | creatures | creature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 rode | nsubj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Pygmies | det |
| 10 | Pygmies | pygmy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 creatures | conj |
| 11 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 17 doubt | mark |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 upon | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 doubt | nsubj |
| 15 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 doubt | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 doubt | advmod |
| 17 | doubt | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 rode | ccomp |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 made | mark |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 made | nsubj |
| 20 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 doubt | ccomp |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 appearance | det |
| 22 | formidable | formidable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 appearance | amod |
| 23 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 made | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 armed | punct |
| 25 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 appearance | amod |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 sword | case |
| 27 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 armed | obl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 spear | cc |
| 29 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sword | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 blowing | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 blowing | cc |
| 32 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 blowing | nsubj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 arrow | cc |
| 34 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bow | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 blowing | punct |
| 36 | blowing | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 rode | advcl |
| 37 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 trumpet | nmod:poss |
| 38 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 trumpet | amod |
| 39 | trumpet | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 blowing | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 shouting | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 shouting | cc |
| 42 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 blowing | conj |
| 43 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 cry | nmod:poss |
| 44 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 cry | amod |
| 45 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 cry | compound |
| 46 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 shouting | obj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 rode | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | might | this | however, ride property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not doubt | present · do-support | I | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | make | past | Pygmies = pygmy | a formidable appearance | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appearance=Product | ||||
| 4 | blow | gerund | bow and arrow | Pygmies's tiny trumpet | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent trumpet=Patient | ||||
| 5 | shout speech: express | gerund | bow and arrow not said here | Pygmies's little war cry | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Topic | ||||
| 6 | cry | Pygmies = pygmy | nom cry «communication intransitive»: 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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