Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies., part 3, sentence 50

A Pygmy, you know, though so very small, might set the world on fire, just as easily as a Giant could; so that this was certainly the very best way of dealing with their foe, provided they could have kept him quiet while the conflagration was going forward.

Who acts: you, this, best way, Pygmy, conflagration · What happens: know, set, be, deal, provide, keep · To what, where: world, fire, best way, Pygmies

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 (you, this, best way, Pygmy), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 Pygmy	det
2	Pygmy	pygmy	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 provided	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 know	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 know	nsubj
5	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Pygmy	parataxis
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 small	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	10 small	mark
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 small	advmod
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 small	advmod
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 know	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 set	punct
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 set	aux
13	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 small	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 world	det
15	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	17 fire	case
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 easily	punct
19	just	just	ADV	_	21 easily	advmod
20	as	as	ADV	_	21 easily	advmod
21	easily	easily	ADV	_	13 set	advmod
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 could	mark
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 could	det
24	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 could	amod
25	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 easily	advcl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 way	punct
27	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	35 way	mark
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 so	fixed
29	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	35 way	nsubj
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 way	cop
31	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	35 way	advmod
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 way	det
33	very	very	ADV	_	34 best	advmod
34	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	35 way	amod
35	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	parataxis
36	of	of	SCONJ	_	37 dealing	mark
37	dealing	deal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	35 way	acl
38	with	with	ADP	_	40 foe	case
39	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 foe	nmod:poss
40	foe	foe	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 dealing	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Pygmy	punct
42	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
43	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 kept	nsubj:pass
44	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 kept	aux
45	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	46 kept	aux
46	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 provided	ccomp
47	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 kept	obj
48	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 kept	xcomp
49	while	while	SCONJ	_	53 going	mark
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 conflagration	det
51	conflagration	conflagration	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 going	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 going	aux
53	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 kept	advcl
54	forward	forward	ADV	_	53 going	advmod
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	42 provided	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	know	present	you				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	set	might	you not said here	the world	fire	easily property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent world=Theme on fire=Destination
3	is a	past	this	the best way		certainly property	tree rules
4	deal	gerund	the best way not said here			with Pygmies's foe	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with foe=Theme
5	provide	past	a Pygmy				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
6	keep	could · perfect · passive		Pygmies = pygmy		quiet property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme he=Attribute
7	go	past · progressive	the conflagration			forward property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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