Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 2, sentence 5

During one of these little bits of slumber, a Pygmy chanced to climb upon his shoulder, and took a view around the horizon, as from the summit of a hill; and he beheld something, a long way off, which made him rub the bright specks of his eyes, and look sharper than before.

Who acts: one, Giant, long way · What happens: chance, climb, take, behold, make, rub · To what, where: little bits, shoulder, view, horizon, something, Giant

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 (one, Giant, long way), 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	During	during	ADP	_	2 one	case
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 took	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 bits	case
4	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 bits	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bits	amod
6	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 one	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 slumber	case
8	slumber	slumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bits	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Pygmy	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 Pygmy	det
11	Pygmy	pygmy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bits	conj
12	chanced	chance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 bits	acl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 climb	mark
14	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 chanced	xcomp
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 shoulder	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 shoulder	nmod:poss
17	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 climb	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 took	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 took	cc
20	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 view	det
22	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 took	obj
23	around	around	ADP	_	25 horizon	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 horizon	det
25	horizon	horizon	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 view	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 summit	punct
27	as	as	ADP	_	30 summit	case
28	from	from	ADP	_	30 summit	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 summit	det
30	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 took	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 hill	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 hill	det
33	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 summit	nmod
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 beheld	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 beheld	cc
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 beheld	nsubj
37	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 took	conj
38	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	37 beheld	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 way	punct
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 way	det
41	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 way	amod
42	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 something	appos
43	off	off	ADV	_	42 way	advmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 made	punct
45	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 made	nsubj
46	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 way	acl:relcl
47	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 made	obj
48	rub	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 made	xcomp
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 specks	det
50	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 specks	amod
51	specks	speck	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 rub	obj
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 eyes	case
53	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 eyes	nmod:poss
54	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 specks	nmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 look	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 look	cc
57	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 beheld	conj
58	sharper	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	57 look	xcomp
59	than	than	ADP	_	60 before	case
60	before	before	ADV	_	58 sharper	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 took	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	chance	participle		this little bits of slumber and a Pygmy not said here			vn risk-94-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	climb	to-infinitive			Giant's shoulder		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon shoulder=Trajectory
3	take	past	one of this little bits of slumber and a Pygmy	a view	the horizon	as the summit of a hill	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent view=Theme as summit=Attribute
4	behold	past	Giant	something			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
5	make	past	a long way	Giant			tree rules
6	rub	infinitive	Giant not said here	the bright specks of Giant's eyes			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent speck=Theme
7	look	infinitive	Giant not said here			sharp property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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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