Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 46

Poor Father Menard,--he was ill; in his breast burned the fire of the fever; All in vain was the magical skill of Wicásta Wakán [61] with his rattle; Into soft child-like slumber he fell, and awoke in the land of the blessèd-- To the holy applause of "Well done!" and the harps in the hands of the angels.

Who acts: Father, Poor Father, All · What happens: be, burn, fall, awake, do, fire · To what, where: fire, breast, magical skill, soft like slumber, land, holy applause

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 (Father, Poor Father, All), 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	Poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Father	amod
2	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 burned	nsubj
3	Menard	Menard	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Father	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ill	punct
5	--	--	PUNCT	_	8 ill	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ill	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ill	cop
8	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Father	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 burned	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 breast	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 breast	nmod:poss
12	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 burned	obl
13	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fire	det
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 burned	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 fever	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fever	det
18	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fire	nmod
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 skill	punct
20	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 skill	nsubj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 vain	case
22	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 All	nmod
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 skill	cop
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 skill	det
25	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 skill	amod
26	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 burned	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 Wicásta	case
28	Wicásta	Wicásta	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 skill	nmod
29	Wakán	Wakán	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Wicásta	flat
30	[	[	PUNCT	_	31 61	punct
31	61	61	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 Wicásta	appos
32	]	]	PUNCT	_	31 61	punct
33	with	with	ADP	_	35 rattle	case
34	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 rattle	nmod:poss
35	rattle	rattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 skill	nmod
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 slumber	punct
37	Into	into	ADP	_	42 slumber	case
38	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 slumber	amod
39	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 like	compound
40	-	-	PUNCT	_	39 child	punct
41	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 slumber	amod
42	slumber	slumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 burned	parataxis
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 fell	nsubj
44	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 slumber	acl:relcl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 awoke	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 awoke	cc
47	awoke	awake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 burned	conj
48	in	in	ADP	_	50 land	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 land	det
50	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 awoke	obl
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 blessèd	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 blessèd	det
53	blessèd	blessèd	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 land	nmod
54	--	--	PUNCT	_	58 applause	punct
55	To	to	ADP	_	58 applause	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 applause	det
57	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 applause	amod
58	applause	applause	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 awoke	obl
59	of	of	SCONJ	_	62 done	mark
60	"	"	PUNCT	_	62 done	punct
61	Well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	62 done	advmod
62	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 applause	acl:relcl
63	!	!	PUNCT	_	62 done	punct
64	"	"	PUNCT	_	62 done	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 harps	cc
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 harps	det
67	harps	harp	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 done	conj
68	in	in	ADP	_	70 hands	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 hands	det
70	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 harps	nmod
71	of	of	ADP	_	73 angels	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 angels	det
73	angels	angel	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 hands	nmod
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 burned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	Father			ill property	tree rules
2	burn	past	Poor Father	the fire of the fever	Father's breast	soft like slumber parataxis	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
3	is a	past	All in vain	the magical skill		of Wicásta; with Father's rattle	tree rules
4	fall	past	Father	soft like slumber not said here			vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient slumber=Result
5	awake	past	Poor Father not said here		the land of the blessèd	to the holy applause	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location
6	do in a quote	participle		the holy applause not said here		the harps in the hands of the angels conj; well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	fire			the fever			nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient
8	rattle		Father				nom rattle «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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 46

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 46