Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 35

She listened like one in a trance when he spoke of the brave, bearded Frenchmen, From the green sun-lit valleys of France to the wild Hochelága [a] transplanted, Oft trailing the deserts of snow in the heart of the dense Huron forests, Or steering the dauntless canoe through the waves of the fresh water ocean. "

Who acts: teepee, sun · What happens: listen, speak, transplant, trail, steer, wave · To what, where: green lit valleys, Hochelága, deserts, heart, dauntless canoe, waves · 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 (teepee, sun), 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	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 listened	nsubj
2	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 one	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 listened	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 trance	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trance	det
7	trance	trance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listened	obl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 spoke	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 spoke	nsubj
10	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 listened	parataxis
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 Frenchmen	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Frenchmen	det
13	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Frenchmen	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 brave	punct
15	bearded	bearded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Frenchmen	amod
16	Frenchmen	Frenchman	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 spoke	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 valleys	punct
18	From	from	ADP	_	24 valleys	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 valleys	det
20	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 valleys	amod
21	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 lit	compound
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 sun	punct
23	lit	lit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 valleys	amod
24	valleys	valley	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 spoke	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 France	case
26	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 valleys	nmod
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 wild	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 wild	det
29	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 valleys	nmod
30	Hochelága	Hochelága	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 wild	appos
31	[	[	PUNCT	_	34 transplanted	punct
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 transplanted	det
33	]	]	PUNCT	_	34 transplanted	punct
34	transplanted	transplant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 Hochelága	acl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 Oft	punct
36	Oft	oft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 transplanted	conj
37	trailing	trail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	36 Oft	advcl
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 deserts	det
39	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 trailing	obj
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 snow	case
41	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 deserts	nmod
42	in	in	ADP	_	44 heart	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 heart	det
44	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 trailing	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	49 forests	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 forests	det
47	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 forests	amod
48	Huron	Huron	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 forests	compound
49	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 heart	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 steering	punct
51	Or	or	CCONJ	_	52 steering	cc
52	steering	steer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	37 trailing	conj
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 canoe	det
54	dauntless	dauntless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 canoe	amod
55	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 steering	obj
56	through	through	ADP	_	58 waves	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 waves	det
58	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 steering	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	63 ocean	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 ocean	det
61	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 ocean	amod
62	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 ocean	compound
63	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 waves	nmod
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 listened	punct
65	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 listened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	listen	past	teepee			like one; in a trance	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in trance=Theme
2	speak speech: other	past	sun		the green lit valleys of France to the wild	of the brave bearded Frenchmen	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	transplant	participle		Hochelága not said here			vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	trail	gerund		the deserts of snow	the heart of the dense Huron forests		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent desert=Theme in heart=Trajectory
5	steer	gerund		the dauntless canoe	the waves of the fresh water ocean		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent canoe=Theme through wave=Destination
6	wave			the fresh water ocean			nom wave «event 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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 35

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 35