Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 58

The merry voiced birds trilled and warbled in woodland and meadow; And abroad on the prairies the herds cropped the grass in the land of the lilies,-- And sweet was the odor of rose wide-wafted from hillside and heather; In the leaf-shaded lap of repose lay the bright, blue eyed babes of the summer; And low was the murmur of brooks and low was the laugh of the Ha-Ha; [76] And asleep in the eddies and nooks lay the broods of magá [60] and the mallard. '

Who acts: merry, prairies, low murmur · What happens: voice, trill, warble, crop, be, waft · To what, where: birds, woodland, grass, land, sweet odor, hillside

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 (merry, prairies, low murmur), 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 merry	det
2	merry	merry	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 voiced	nsubj
3	voiced	voice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 voiced	obj
5	trilled	trill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 birds	acl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 warbled	cc
7	warbled	warble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 trilled	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 woodland	case
9	woodland	woodland	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 warbled	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 meadow	cc
11	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 woodland	conj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 cropped	punct
13	And	and	CCONJ	_	17 prairies	cc
14	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	17 prairies	advmod
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 prairies	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 prairies	det
17	prairies	prairie	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 cropped	nsubj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 herds	det
19	herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 prairies	conj
20	cropped	crop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 voiced	parataxis
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 grass	det
22	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cropped	obj
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 land	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 land	det
25	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cropped	obl
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 lilies	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 lilies	det
28	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 land	nmod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cropped	punct
30	--	--	PUNCT	_	35 odor	punct
31	And	and	CCONJ	_	35 odor	cc
32	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 odor	amod
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 odor	cop
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 odor	det
35	odor	odor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 voiced	parataxis
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 rose	case
37	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 odor	nmod
38	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 odor	amod
39	-	-	PUNCT	_	38 wide	punct
40	wafted	waft	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 odor	acl
41	from	from	ADP	_	42 hillside	case
42	hillside	hillside	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 wafted	obl
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 heather	cc
44	heather	heather	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 hillside	conj
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 lay	punct
46	In	in	ADP	_	51 lap	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 lap	det
48	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 shaded	compound
49	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 leaf	punct
50	shaded	shade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	51 lap	amod
51	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 lay	obl
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 repose	case
53	repose	repose	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 lap	nmod
54	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 voiced	parataxis
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 babes	det
56	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 babes	amod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 bright	punct
58	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 babes	amod
59	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 babes	amod
60	babes	babe	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 lay	obj
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 summer	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 summer	det
63	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 babes	nmod
64	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 murmur	punct
65	And	and	CCONJ	_	66 low	cc
66	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 murmur	amod
67	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 murmur	cop
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 murmur	det
69	murmur	murmur	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 laugh	nsubj
70	of	of	ADP	_	71 brooks	case
71	brooks	brook	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 murmur	nmod
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 low	cc
73	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 murmur	conj
74	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	76 laugh	cop
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 laugh	det
76	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 voiced	parataxis
77	of	of	ADP	_	81 Ha	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 Ha	det
79	Ha	Ha	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 Ha	compound
80	-	-	PUNCT	_	79 Ha	punct
81	Ha	Ha	PROPN	Number=Sing	76 laugh	nmod
82	;	;	PUNCT	_	84 76	punct
83	[	[	PUNCT	_	84 76	punct
84	76	76	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 voiced	obl
85	]	]	PUNCT	_	84 76	punct
86	And	and	CCONJ	_	93 lay	cc
87	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 lay	advcl
88	in	in	ADP	_	90 eddies	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 eddies	det
90	eddies	eddy	NOUN	Number=Plur	87 asleep	obl
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 nooks	cc
92	nooks	nook	NOUN	Number=Plur	90 eddies	conj
93	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 voiced	conj
94	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 broods	det
95	broods	brood	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 lay	obj
96	of	of	ADP	_	97 magá	case
97	magá	magá	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 broods	nmod
98	[	[	PUNCT	_	99 60	punct
99	60	60	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	97 magá	appos
100	]	]	PUNCT	_	99 60	punct
101	and	and	CCONJ	_	103 mallard	cc
102	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	103 mallard	det
103	mallard	mallard	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 broods	conj
104	.	.	PUNCT	_	93 lay	punct
105	'	'	PUNCT	_	93 lay	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	voice speech: other	past	the merry	birds		76 obl	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bird=Topic
2	trill	participle		birds not said here			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	warble	participle			woodland and meadow		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	crop	past	the prairies and the herds	the grass	the land of the lilies		vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
5	is a	past		the sweet odor		of rose	tree rules
6	waft	participle		the sweet odor not said here	hillside and heather		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	shade	participle				leaf compound	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
8	lay	present		the bright blue eyed babes of the summer	the shaded lap of repose		vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent babe=Theme in lap=Destination
9	is a	past		the low murmur		of brooks	tree rules
10	be						tree rules
11	is a	past	the low murmur	the laugh		of the Ha Ha	tree rules
12	lay	present	the merry not said here	the broods of magá and the mallard			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brood=Result

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 58

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 58