Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 78

But one stood apart from the rest --the queenly and peerless Winona, Intently regarding the guest --hardly heeding the robes and the ribbons, Whom the White Chief beholding admired, and straightway he spread on her shoulders A lily-red robe and attired, with necklet and ribbons, the maiden.

Who acts: one, White Chief, straightway · What happens: stand apart, regard, heed, behold, admire, spread · To what, where: rest, robes, shoulders, necklet

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 (one, White Chief, straightway), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	3 stood	cc
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	apart	apart	ADV	_	3 stood	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 rest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rest	det
7	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
8	--	--	PUNCT	_	13 Winona	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Winona	det
10	queenly	queenly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Winona	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 peerless	cc
12	peerless	peerless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 queenly	conj
13	Winona	Winona	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 rest	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 regarding	punct
15	Intently	intently	ADV	_	16 regarding	advmod
16	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 guest	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 guest	det
18	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	obl
19	--	--	PUNCT	_	21 heeding	punct
20	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	21 heeding	advmod
21	heeding	heed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stood	advcl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 robes	det
23	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 heeding	obj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 ribbons	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 ribbons	det
26	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 robes	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 Chief	punct
28	Whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 Chief	nsubj
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 Chief	det
30	White	White	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Chief	compound
31	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 robes	conj
32	beholding	behold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	31 Chief	acl
33	admired	admire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 beholding	xcomp
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 spread	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 spread	cc
36	straightway	straightway	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 spread	nsubj
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 spread	nsubj
38	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stood	conj
39	on	on	ADP	_	41 shoulders	case
40	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 shoulders	nmod:poss
41	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 spread	obl
42	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 robe	det
43	lily	lily	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 robe	compound
44	-	-	PUNCT	_	43 lily	punct
45	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 robe	amod
46	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 shoulders	acl:relcl
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 attired	cc
48	attired	attire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 robe	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 necklet	punct
50	with	with	ADP	_	51 necklet	case
51	necklet	necklet	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 attired	obj
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 ribbons	cc
53	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 necklet	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 maiden	punct
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 maiden	det
56	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 necklet	conj
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stand apart	past	one		the rest the queenly Winona	regard the guest; apart property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	regard	gerund				intently property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	heed	gerund	one not said here	the robes and the ribbons and the White Chief the robes and the ribbons and the White Chief the robes		hardly property	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme
4	behold	gerund	the White Chief the robes and the ribbons and the White Chief the robes and the ribbons and the White Chief not said here				tree rules
5	admire	participle	the White Chief the robes and the ribbons and the White Chief the robes and the ribbons and the White Chief not said here				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
6	spread	past	straightway		land's shoulders a lily red robe		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location
7	attire	participle	straightway not said here	necklet and ribbons			vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent necklet=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 78