Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 72
Like the red, dappled deer in the glade, alarmed by the footsteps of hunters, Discovered, disordered, dismayed, the nude nymphs fled forth from the waters, And scampered away to the shade, and peered from the screen of the lindens.
Who acts: nude nymphs · What happens: dapple, alarm, discover, disorder, dismay, flee · To what, where: red dappled deer, waters, shade
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 (nude nymphs), 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 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 6 deer | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 deer | det |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 deer | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 red | punct |
| 5 | dappled | dapple | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 deer | amod |
| 6 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 glade | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 glade | det |
| 9 | glade | glade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 deer | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 alarmed | punct |
| 11 | alarmed | alarm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 deer | acl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 footsteps | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 footsteps | det |
| 14 | footsteps | footstep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 alarmed | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 hunters | case |
| 16 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 footsteps | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Discovered | punct |
| 18 | Discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 footsteps | parataxis |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 disordered | punct |
| 20 | disordered | disorder | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 Discovered | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 dismayed | punct |
| 22 | dismayed | dismay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 disordered | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 fled | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 nymphs | det |
| 25 | nude | nude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 nymphs | amod |
| 26 | nymphs | nymph | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 fled | nsubj |
| 27 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 Discovered | parataxis |
| 28 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 27 fled | advmod |
| 29 | from | from | ADP | _ | 31 waters | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 waters | det |
| 31 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 fled | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 scampered | punct |
| 33 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 scampered | cc |
| 34 | scampered | scamper | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 fled | conj |
| 35 | away | away | ADV | _ | 34 scampered | advmod |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 shade | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 shade | det |
| 38 | shade | shade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 scampered | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 peered | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 peered | cc |
| 41 | peered | peer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 scampered | conj |
| 42 | from | from | ADP | _ | 44 screen | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 screen | det |
| 44 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 peered | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 lindens | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 lindens | det |
| 47 | lindens | linden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 screen | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 deer | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dapple | participle | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | alarm | participle | the red dappled deer in the glade not said here | by the footsteps of hunters | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | discover | participle | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | disorder | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | dismay | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 6 | flee | past | the nude nymphs | the waters | forth property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from water=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | scamper away | participle | the nude nymphs not said here | the shade | away property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shade=Destination | |||
| 8 | peer | past | the nude nymphs not said here | from the screen of the lindens | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from screen=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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