Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 2, sentence 92

But Hercules, you must understand, was wiser than this numskull of a Giant, and had thought of a way to fight him--huge, earth-born monster that he was--and to conquer him too, in spite of all that his Mother Earth could do for him.

Who acts: you, Hercules, Mother · What happens: understand, be, think, fight, bear, conquer · To what, where: Hercules, spite · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (you, Hercules, Mother), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	6 understand	cc
2	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 understand	vocative
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Hercules	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 understand	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 understand	aux
6	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wiser	punct
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wiser	cop
9	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 understand	parataxis
10	than	than	ADP	_	12 numskull	case
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 numskull	det
12	numskull	numskull	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wiser	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Giant	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 Giant	det
15	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 numskull	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 thought	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 thought	cc
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 thought	aux
19	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 understand	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 way	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 way	det
22	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 thought	obl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 fight	mark
24	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 way	acl
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 fight	obj
26	--	--	PUNCT	_	27 huge	punct
27	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 monster	amod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 huge	punct
29	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 born	compound
30	-	-	PUNCT	_	29 earth	punct
31	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 monster	amod
32	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 thought	compound
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	35 was	mark
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 was	nsubj
35	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 thought	ccomp
36	--	--	PUNCT	_	39 conquer	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 conquer	cc
38	to	to	PART	_	39 conquer	mark
39	conquer	conquer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 understand	conj
40	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 conquer	obj
41	too	too	ADV	_	39 conquer	advmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 spite	punct
43	in	in	ADP	_	44 spite	case
44	spite	spite	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 conquer	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 that	case
46	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	47 that	det:predet
47	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 do	obl
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 Mother	nmod:poss
49	Mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 do	nsubj
50	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 Mother	appos
51	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 do	aux
52	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 spite	acl:relcl
53	for	for	ADP	_	54 him	case
54	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 do	obl
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 understand	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	understand	must	you			Hercules vocative	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past				than this numskull of a Giant; wise property	tree rules
3	think speech: other	past · perfect	you not said here			of a way	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	fight	to-infinitive	you not said here	Hercules			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
5	bear	participle					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
6	be	past	Hercules				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	conquer	to-infinitive	you not said here	Hercules	spite		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
8	do	could	Hercules's Mother			of spite; for Hercules	vn act-114-1 «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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