Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 23

The Blackrobe" they called the poor priest, from the hue of his robe and his girdle; And never a game or a feast but the father must grace with his presence.

Who acts: Blackrobe, father · What happens: call, grace · To what, where: poor priest · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Blackrobe, father), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Blackrobe	det
2	Blackrobe	Blackrobe	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 called	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	nsubj
5	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 priest	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 priest	amod
8	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hue	punct
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 hue	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hue	det
12	hue	hue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 robe	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 robe	nmod:poss
15	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hue	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 girdle	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 girdle	nmod:poss
18	girdle	girdle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 robe	conj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 game	punct
20	And	and	CCONJ	_	23 game	cc
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	23 game	advmod
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 game	det
23	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
24	or	or	CCONJ	_	26 feast	cc
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 feast	det
26	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 game	conj
27	but	but	CCONJ	_	31 grace	cc
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 father	det
29	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 grace	nsubj
30	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 grace	aux
31	grace	grace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 game	conj
32	with	with	ADP	_	34 presence	case
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 presence	nmod:poss
34	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 grace	obl
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call in a quote	past	the Blackrobe	the poor priest				fingers = finger nsubj; the hue of Blackrobe's robe and Blackrobe's girdle xcomp; a game or a feast xcomp	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent priest=Recipient
2	grace in a quote	must	the father					with Father's presence	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with presence=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: «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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 23

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 23