Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 80
She spoke of the sacred regard he inspired in the hearts of Dakotas; That she buried his bones with her kin, in the mound by the Cave of the Council; That she treasured and wrapt in the skin of the red-deer his robe and his prayer-book-- "Till his brothers should come from the East --from the land of the far Hochelága, To smoke with the braves at the feast, on the shores of the Loud-laughing Waters.
Who acts: land, face, That, brothers · What happens: speak, inspire, bury, treasure, wrapt, come · To what, where: sacred regard, hearts, bones, mound, robe, skin · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (land, face, That, brothers), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 spoke | nsubj |
| 2 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 regard | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 regard | det |
| 5 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 regard | amod |
| 6 | regard | regard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spoke | obl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 inspired | nsubj |
| 8 | inspired | inspire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 regard | acl:relcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 hearts | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hearts | det |
| 11 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 inspired | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Dakotas | case |
| 13 | Dakotas | dakota | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 hearts | nmod |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 buried | punct |
| 15 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 buried | nsubj |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 buried | nsubj |
| 17 | buried | bury | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 spoke | conj |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 bones | nmod:poss |
| 19 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 buried | obj |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 kin | case |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 kin | nmod:poss |
| 22 | kin | kin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 buried | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 mound | punct |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 mound | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 mound | det |
| 26 | mound | mound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 buried | obl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 Cave | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Cave | det |
| 29 | Cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 mound | nmod |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Council | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Council | det |
| 32 | Council | Council | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Cave | nmod |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 treasured | punct |
| 34 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 treasured | nsubj |
| 35 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 treasured | nsubj |
| 36 | treasured | treasure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 spoke | conj |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 wrapt | cc |
| 38 | wrapt | wrapt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 treasured | conj |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 skin | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 skin | det |
| 41 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 wrapt | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 deer | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 deer | det |
| 44 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 deer | amod |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 red | punct |
| 46 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 skin | nmod |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 robe | nmod:poss |
| 48 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 wrapt | obj |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 book | cc |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 book | nmod:poss |
| 51 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 book | compound |
| 52 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 51 prayer | punct |
| 53 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 robe | conj |
| 54 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 60 come | punct |
| 55 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 60 come | punct |
| 56 | Till | till | ADP | _ | 58 brothers | case |
| 57 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 58 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 come | nsubj |
| 59 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 come | aux |
| 60 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 treasured | parataxis |
| 61 | from | from | ADP | _ | 63 East | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 East | det |
| 63 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 come | obl |
| 64 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 67 land | punct |
| 65 | from | from | ADP | _ | 67 land | case |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 land | det |
| 67 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 come | obl |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 Hochelága | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 Hochelága | det |
| 70 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 Hochelága | amod |
| 71 | Hochelága | Hochelága | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 land | nmod |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 smoke | punct |
| 73 | To | to | PART | _ | 74 smoke | mark |
| 74 | smoke | smoke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 come | conj |
| 75 | with | with | ADP | _ | 77 braves | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 braves | det |
| 77 | braves | brave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 smoke | obl |
| 78 | at | at | ADP | _ | 80 feast | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 feast | det |
| 80 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 smoke | obl |
| 81 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 84 shores | punct |
| 82 | on | on | ADP | _ | 84 shores | case |
| 83 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 84 shores | det |
| 84 | shores | shore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 smoke | obl |
| 85 | of | of | ADP | _ | 90 Waters | case |
| 86 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 90 Waters | det |
| 87 | Loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 89 laughing | amod |
| 88 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 87 Loud | punct |
| 89 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 90 Waters | amod |
| 90 | Waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 84 shores | nmod |
| 91 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spoke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | past | land | of the sacred regard | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | inspire | past | face | the sacred regard not said here | the hearts of Dakotas | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus regard=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | bury | past | That | face's bones | the mound by the Cave of the Council | with land's kin; land nsubj | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bone=Theme in mound=Destination | ||
| 4 | treasure | past | That | land nsubj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | wrapt | present | That not said here | face's robe and face's prayer book | the skin of the red deer | tree rules | |||
| 6 | come in a quote | should | face's brothers | the East | from the land of the far Hochelága | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from east=Initial_Location from land=Destination | |||
| 7 | smoke in a quote | to-infinitive | face's brothers not said here | the feast | with the braves; on the shores of the laughing Waters | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with brave=Instrument | |||
| 8 | laugh in a quote | gerund | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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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