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Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 2, sentence 3

His head was in one part of the kingdom, and his feet extended across the boundaries of another part; and he was taking whatever comfort he could get, while the Pygmies scrambled over him, and peeped into his cavernous mouth, and played among his hair.

Who acts: head, feet, Antaeus, Pygmies · What happens: be, extend, take, get, scramble, peep · To what, where: one part, boundaries, comfort

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pygmies., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (head, feet, Antaeus, Pygmies), 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

nmod:possnsubjcopcasenummodcasedetnmodpunctccnmod:possnsubjconjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccnsubjauxparataxisdetobjnsubjauxacl:relclpunctmarkdetnsubjconjcaseoblpunctccconjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctccconjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootHisPRONheadNOUNwasAUXinADPoneNUMpartNOUNofADPtheDETkingdomNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhisPRONfeetNOUNextendedVERBacrossADPtheDETboundariesNOUNofADPanotherDETpartNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJhePRONwasAUXtakingVERBwhateverDETcomfortNOUNhePRONcouldAUXgetVERB,PUNCTwhileSCONJtheDETPygmiesPROPNscrambledVERBoverADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJpeepedVERBintoADPhisPRONcavernousADJmouthNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJplayedVERBamongADPhisPRONhairNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 headnmod:poss
2headheadNOUNNumber=Sing6 partnsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 partcop
4ininADP_6 partcase
5oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 partnummod
6partpartNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7ofofADP_9 kingdomcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 kingdomdet
9kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing6 partnmod
10,,PUNCT_14 extendedpunct
11andandCCONJ_14 extendedcc
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 feetnmod:poss
13feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur14 extendednsubj
14extendedextendVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 partconj
15acrossacrossADP_17 boundariescase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 boundariesdet
17boundariesboundaryNOUNNumber=Plur14 extendedobl
18ofofADP_20 partcase
19anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind20 partdet
20partpartNOUNNumber=Sing17 boundariesnmod
21;;PUNCT_25 takingpunct
22andandCCONJ_25 takingcc
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 takingnsubj
24wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 takingaux
25takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 extendedparataxis
26whateverwhateverDETPronType=Int27 comfortdet
27comfortcomfortNOUNNumber=Sing25 takingobj
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 getnsubj
29couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin30 getaux
30getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf27 comfortacl:relcl
31,,PUNCT_35 scrambledpunct
32whilewhileSCONJ_35 scrambledmark
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 Pygmiesdet
34PygmiesPygmyPROPNNumber=Plur35 scramblednsubj
35scrambledscrambleVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 takingconj
36overoverADP_37 himcase
37himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 scrambledobl
38,,PUNCT_40 peepedpunct
39andandCCONJ_40 peepedcc
40peepedpeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 scrambledconj
41intointoADP_44 mouthcase
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 mouthnmod:poss
43cavernouscavernousADJDegree=Pos44 mouthamod
44mouthmouthNOUNNumber=Sing40 peepedobl
45,,PUNCT_47 playedpunct
46andandCCONJ_47 playedcc
47playedplayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 peepedconj
48amongamongADP_50 haircase
49hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 hairnmod:poss
50hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing47 playedobl
51..PUNCT_6 partpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastAntaeus's headone partof the kingdomtree rules
2extendpastAntaeus's feetthe boundaries of another partvn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent across boundary=Path
3takepast · progressiveAntaeuswhatever comfortvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comfort=Theme
4getcouldAntaeuswhatever comfort not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer comfort=Stimulus
5scramblepastthe Pygmiesover Antaeusvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over he=Trajectory
6peeppastthe Pygmies not said hereinto Antaeus's cavernous mouthvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into mouth=Theme
7playpastthe Pygmies not said hereamong Antaeus's hairvn performance-26.7-1 «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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