Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 2, sentence 69

Then the Giant, grinning with rage, strode tower-like towards the stranger (ten times strengthened at every step), and fetched a monstrous blow at him with his pine tree, which Hercules caught upon his club; and being more skilful than Antaeus, he paid him back such a rap upon the sconce, that down tumbled the great lumbering man-mountain, flat upon the ground.

Who acts: Hercules · What happens: grin, stride, strengthen, fetch, catch, be · To what, where: stranger, ten times, monstrous blow, pine tree, club, rap

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 (Hercules), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 Giant	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Giant	det
3	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grinning	punct
5	grinning	grin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 Giant	advcl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 rage	case
7	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grinning	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 strode	punct
9	strode	stride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grinning	parataxis
10	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 like	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 tower	punct
12	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 strode	xcomp
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	15 stranger	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 stranger	det
15	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strode	obl
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 times	punct
17	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 times	nummod
18	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 stranger	appos
19	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 times	acl
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 step	case
21	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	22 step	det
22	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 strengthened	obl
23	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 times	punct
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 fetched	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 fetched	cc
26	fetched	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 strode	conj
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 blow	det
28	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 blow	amod
29	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 fetched	obj
30	at	at	ADP	_	31 him	case
31	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 fetched	obl
32	with	with	ADP	_	35 tree	case
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 tree	nmod:poss
34	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 tree	compound
35	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 fetched	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 caught	punct
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 caught	obj
38	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 caught	nsubj
39	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 tree	conj
40	upon	upon	ADP	_	42 club	case
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 club	nmod:poss
42	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 caught	obl
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 skilful	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 skilful	cc
45	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	47 skilful	cop
46	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	47 skilful	advmod
47	skilful	skilful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Giant	conj
48	than	than	ADP	_	49 Antaeus	case
49	Antaeus	Antaeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 skilful	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 paid	punct
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 paid	nsubj
52	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 skilful	conj
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 paid	obj
54	back	back	ADV	_	52 paid	advmod
55	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	57 rap	det:predet
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 rap	det
57	rap	rap	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 paid	parataxis
58	upon	upon	ADP	_	60 sconce	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 sconce	det
60	sconce	sconce	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 rap	nmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 tumbled	punct
62	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	64 tumbled	obj
63	down	down	ADV	_	64 tumbled	advmod
64	tumbled	tumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 rap	acl:relcl
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 lumbering	det
66	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 lumbering	amod
67	lumbering	lumbering	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 tumbled	obj
68	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 mountain	compound
69	-	-	PUNCT	_	68 man	punct
70	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 lumbering	conj
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 flat	punct
72	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 lumbering	conj
73	upon	upon	ADP	_	75 ground	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 ground	det
75	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 flat	obl
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 Giant	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grin	gerund				with rage	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stride	past			the stranger	like property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards stranger=Destination
3	strengthen	participle		ten times not said here		at every step	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	fetch	past		a monstrous blow		at stranger; with stranger's pine tree	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent blow=Theme at he=Asset
5	catch	past	Hercules	stranger's pine tree		upon Hercules's club	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
6	is	gerund				than Antaeus; skilful property	tree rules
7	pay back	past	Hercules	club			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset
8	tumble	past		such rap upon the sconce		down property	tree rules

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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