Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 11
In his old age abandoned to die, in the swamps, by his timid companions, He prayed to the Virgin on high, and she led him forth from the forest; For angels she sent him as men --in the forms of the tawny Dakotas, And they led his feet from the fen, --from the slough of despond and the desert.
Who acts: name, Latin, Dakotas, slough · What happens: abandon, die, pray, lead, send, despond · To what, where: old age, name, forest, forms, feet, fen
This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., 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 (name, Latin, Dakotas, slough), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 age | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 age | nmod:poss |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 age | amod |
| 4 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 prayed | obl |
| 5 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 age | acl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 die | mark |
| 7 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 abandoned | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 swamps | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 swamps | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 swamps | det |
| 11 | swamps | swamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 die | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 companions | punct |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 companions | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 companions | nmod:poss |
| 15 | timid | timid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 companions | amod |
| 16 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 swamps | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 age | punct |
| 18 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 prayed | nsubj |
| 19 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 Virgin | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Virgin | det |
| 22 | Virgin | virgin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 prayed | obl |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 high | case |
| 24 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 prayed | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 led | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 led | cc |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 led | nsubj |
| 28 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 prayed | conj |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 led | obj |
| 30 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 28 led | advmod |
| 31 | from | from | ADP | _ | 33 forest | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 forest | det |
| 33 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 led | obl |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 sent | punct |
| 35 | For | for | ADP | _ | 36 angels | case |
| 36 | angels | angel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 sent | obl |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 sent | nsubj |
| 38 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 prayed | conj |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 sent | obj |
| 40 | as | as | ADP | _ | 41 men | case |
| 41 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 sent | obl |
| 42 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 45 forms | punct |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 forms | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 forms | det |
| 45 | forms | form | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 sent | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Dakotas | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Dakotas | det |
| 48 | tawny | tawny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 Dakotas | amod |
| 49 | Dakotas | dakota | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 forms | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 led | punct |
| 51 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 led | cc |
| 52 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 led | nsubj |
| 53 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 prayed | conj |
| 54 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 feet | nmod:poss |
| 55 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 led | obj |
| 56 | from | from | ADP | _ | 58 fen | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 fen | det |
| 58 | fen | fen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 led | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 slough | punct |
| 60 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 63 slough | punct |
| 61 | from | from | ADP | _ | 63 slough | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 slough | det |
| 63 | slough | slough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 fen | appos |
| 64 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 65 despond | mark |
| 65 | despond | despond | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 63 slough | acl |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 desert | cc |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 desert | det |
| 68 | desert | desert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 fen | conj |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 prayed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abandon | participle | name's old age not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | die | to-infinitive | in the swamps and name's timid companions | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in swamp=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | pray | past | name | in name's old age | to the Virgin; on high | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||
| 4 | lead | past | Latin | name | the forest | forth property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme from forest=Destination | ||
| 5 | send | past | Latin | name | the forms of the tawny Dakotas | for angels; as men | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in form=Destination | ||
| 6 | lead | past | Dakotas = dakota | name's feet | the fen and the desert | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Theme from fen=Destination | |||
| 7 | despond | infinitive | the slough not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | form | the tawny Dakotas | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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: «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, Project Gutenberg book 8122 (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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