Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 3, sentence 35

It was finally decided that the whole nation of Pygmies should set to work to destroy Hercules; not, be it understood, from any doubt that a single champion would be capable of putting him to the sword, but because he was a public enemy, and all were desirous of sharing in the glory of his defeat.

Who acts: whole nation, single champion, champion, all, defeat, Hercules · What happens: decide, set, work, destroy, not understand, be · To what, where: speech, Hercules, doubt, public enemy, glory · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Pygmies., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whole nation, single champion, champion, all), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 decided	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decided	aux:pass
3	finally	finally	ADV	_	4 decided	advmod
4	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 set	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nation	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 nation	amod
8	nation	nation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 set	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Pygmies	case
10	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 nation	nmod
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 set	aux
12	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 decided	ccomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 work	mark
14	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 set	xcomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 destroy	mark
16	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 work	advcl
17	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 destroy	obj
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 understood	punct
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 understood	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 not	punct
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 understood	aux:pass
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 understood	nsubj:pass
23	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 decided	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 doubt	punct
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 doubt	case
26	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	27 doubt	det
27	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 understood	obl
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	34 capable	mark
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 champion	det
30	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 champion	amod
31	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 capable	nsubj
32	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 capable	aux
33	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	34 capable	cop
34	capable	capable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 doubt	acl
35	of	of	SCONJ	_	36 putting	mark
36	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	34 capable	advcl
37	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 putting	obj
38	to	to	ADP	_	40 sword	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 sword	det
40	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 putting	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 enemy	punct
42	but	but	CCONJ	_	48 enemy	cc
43	because	because	SCONJ	_	48 enemy	mark
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 enemy	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 enemy	cop
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 enemy	det
47	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 enemy	amod
48	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 decided	parataxis
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 desirous	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 desirous	cc
51	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	53 desirous	nsubj
52	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 desirous	cop
53	desirous	desirous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 enemy	conj
54	of	of	SCONJ	_	55 sharing	mark
55	sharing	share	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	53 desirous	advcl
56	in	in	ADP	_	58 glory	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 glory	det
58	glory	glory	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 sharing	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 defeat	case
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 defeat	nmod:poss
61	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 glory	nmod
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 decided	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	decide	past · passive		speech			finally property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: subject=Co-Agent clause=Topic
2	set	should	the whole nation of Pygmies					tree rules
3	work	to-infinitive	the whole nation of Pygmies not said here					vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	destroy	to-infinitive	the whole nation of Pygmies not said here	Hercules				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hercules=Patient
5	not understand	infinitive · passive		speech		any doubt		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
6	is	would	a single champion	any doubt not said here			capable property	tree rules
7	put	gerund	a single champion not said here		Hercules		to the sword	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal
8	is a	past	champion	a public enemy				tree rules
9	is	past	all				desirous property	tree rules
10	share	gerund	all not said here			the glory of Hercules's defeat		tree rules
11	glory		Hercules's defeat					nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent
12	defeat		Hercules					nom defeat «event transitive»: 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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