Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 3, sentence 44
These last, however, could by no means perform their appointed duty; inasmuch as the enemy's breath rushed out of his nose in an obstreperous hurricane and whirlwind, which blew the Pygmies away as fast as they came nigh.
Who acts: inasmuch, obstreperous hurricane, eyes · What happens: mean, perform, appoint, rush out, blow away, come · To what, where: appointed duty, nose, obstreperous hurricane, Pygmies · 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 (inasmuch, obstreperous hurricane, eyes), 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 | These | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 last | nsubj |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 last | punct |
| 4 | however | however | ADV | _ | 9 means | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 however | punct |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 means | aux |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 no | case |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 means | obl |
| 9 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 last | parataxis |
| 10 | perform | perform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 means | ccomp |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 duty | nmod:poss |
| 12 | appointed | appoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 duty | amod |
| 13 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 perform | obj |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 rushed | punct |
| 15 | inasmuch | inasmuch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 rushed | nsubj |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 breath | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 enemy | det |
| 18 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 breath | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 enemy | case |
| 20 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 inasmuch | nmod |
| 21 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 last | parataxis |
| 22 | out | out | ADP | _ | 25 nose | case |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 nose | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 nose | nmod:poss |
| 25 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 rushed | obl |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 hurricane | case |
| 27 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 hurricane | det |
| 28 | obstreperous | obstreperous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 hurricane | amod |
| 29 | hurricane | hurricane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 rushed | obl |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 whirlwind | cc |
| 31 | whirlwind | whirlwind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 hurricane | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 blew | punct |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 blew | nsubj |
| 34 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 hurricane | conj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Pygmies | det |
| 36 | Pygmies | pygmy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 blew | obj |
| 37 | away | away | ADV | _ | 34 blew | advmod |
| 38 | as | as | ADV | _ | 39 fast | advmod |
| 39 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 42 came | advmod |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 42 came | mark |
| 41 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 came | nsubj |
| 42 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 blew | advcl |
| 43 | nigh | nigh | ADV | _ | 42 came | advmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 last | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | could | by no; however property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | perform | infinitive | eyes's appointed duty | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme | |||||
| 3 | appoint | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | rush out | past | inasmuch as the enemy's breath | inasmuch's nose | a obstreperous hurricane and whirlwind | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent nose=Theme in hurricane=Trajectory | |||
| 5 | blow away | past | a obstreperous hurricane and whirlwind | the Pygmies | away property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent pygmy=Patient | |||
| 6 | come | past | eyes = eye | fast, nigh property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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