Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 45

[3] The bear cuddled down in his den, and the elk fled away to the forest; The pheasant and gray prairie-hen made their beds in the heart of the snow-drift; The bison-herds huddled and stood in the hollows and under the hill-sides; Or rooted the snow for their food in the lee of the bluffs and the timber; And the mad winds that howled from the north, from the ice-covered seas of Wazíya, Chased the gray wolf and red fox and swarth to their dens in the hills of the forest.

Who acts: elk, pheasant, mad winds · What happens: cuddle down, flee away, make, huddle, stand, root · To what, where: 3, den, forest, beds, heart, bison herds

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 (elk, pheasant, mad winds), 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	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 3	punct
2	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 cuddled	nsubj:pass
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 3	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bear	det
5	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cuddled	nsubj
6	cuddled	cuddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 cuddled	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 den	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 den	nmod:poss
10	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cuddled	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fled	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fled	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 elk	det
14	elk	elk	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 fled	nsubj
15	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cuddled	conj
16	away	away	ADV	_	15 fled	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 forest	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 forest	det
19	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fled	obl
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 made	punct
21	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 pheasant	det
22	pheasant	pheasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 made	nsubj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 hen	cc
24	gray	gray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 hen	amod
25	prairie	prairie	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 hen	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 prairie	punct
27	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 pheasant	conj
28	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cuddled	conj
29	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 beds	nmod:poss
30	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 made	obj
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 heart	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 heart	det
33	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 made	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	38 drift	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 drift	det
36	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 drift	compound
37	-	-	PUNCT	_	36 snow	punct
38	drift	drift	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 heart	nmod
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 herds	punct
40	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 herds	det
41	bison	bison	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 herds	compound
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 bison	punct
43	herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cuddled	obl
44	huddled	huddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 herds	acl
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 stood	cc
46	stood	stand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 huddled	conj
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 hollows	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 hollows	det
49	hollows	hollow	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 huddled	obl
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 sides	cc
51	under	under	ADP	_	55 sides	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 sides	det
53	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 sides	compound
54	-	-	PUNCT	_	53 hill	punct
55	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 hollows	conj
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 rooted	punct
57	Or	or	CCONJ	_	58 rooted	cc
58	rooted	root	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cuddled	conj
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 snow	det
60	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 rooted	obj
61	for	for	ADP	_	63 food	case
62	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 food	nmod:poss
63	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 rooted	obl
64	in	in	ADP	_	66 lee	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 lee	det
66	lee	lee	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 rooted	obl
67	of	of	ADP	_	69 bluffs	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 bluffs	det
69	bluffs	bluff	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 lee	nmod
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 timber	cc
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 timber	det
72	timber	timber	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 bluffs	conj
73	;	;	PUNCT	_	77 winds	punct
74	And	and	CCONJ	_	77 winds	cc
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 winds	det
76	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 winds	amod
77	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cuddled	obl
78	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	79 howled	nsubj
79	howled	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 winds	acl:relcl
80	from	from	ADP	_	82 north	case
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 north	det
82	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 howled	obl
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 seas	punct
84	from	from	ADP	_	89 seas	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 seas	det
86	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 covered	compound
87	-	-	PUNCT	_	86 ice	punct
88	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	89 seas	amod
89	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 howled	obl
90	of	of	ADP	_	91 Wazíya	case
91	Wazíya	Wazíya	PROPN	Number=Sing	89 seas	nmod
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 Chased	punct
93	Chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 howled	conj
94	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	96 wolf	det
95	gray	gray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	96 wolf	amod
96	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 Chased	obj
97	and	and	CCONJ	_	99 fox	cc
98	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 fox	amod
99	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 wolf	conj
100	and	and	CCONJ	_	101 swarth	cc
101	swarth	swarth	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 fox	conj
102	to	to	ADP	_	104 dens	case
103	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	104 dens	nmod:poss
104	dens	den	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 Chased	obl
105	in	in	ADP	_	107 hills	case
106	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	107 hills	det
107	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	104 dens	nmod
108	of	of	ADP	_	110 forest	case
109	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	110 forest	det
110	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	107 hills	nmod
111	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cuddled	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cuddle down	participle · passive		3	Wazíya's den	the bison herds obl; the mad winds obl; the bear nsubj	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent
2	flee away	past	the elk		the forest	away property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial_Location
3	make	past	the pheasant and gray prairie hen	pheasant's beds	the heart of the snow drift		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bed=Product
4	huddle	participle		the bison herds not said here	the hollows and the hill sides		vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hollow=Location
5	stand	participle					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	root	past		the snow	the lee of the bluffs and the timber	for pheasant's food	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent snow=Location for food=Theme
7	howl	past	the mad winds		the north	from the covered seas of Wazíya	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	cover	participle				ice compound	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
9	chase	past	the mad winds not said here	the gray wolf and red fox and swarth	pheasant's dens in the hills of the forest		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme to den=Trajectory

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 45

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 45