Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 108
And thus since the birth-day of man --since he sprang from the heart of the mountains, [69] Has the sacred "Wacépee Wakán" by the warlike Dakotas been honored, And the god-favored sons of the clan work their will with the help of the spirits.
Who acts: man, favored sons · What happens: spring, have, honor, favor, work, help · To what, where: 69, heart, sacred Wacépee Wakán, Dakotas, spirits
This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, favored sons), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 2 thus | cc |
| 2 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 24 Has | advmod |
| 3 | since | since | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 5 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 birth | punct |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thus | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 man | case |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | nmod |
| 10 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 13 sprang | punct |
| 11 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 13 sprang | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sprang | nsubj |
| 13 | sprang | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 Has | advcl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 heart | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 heart | det |
| 16 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sprang | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 mountains | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 mountains | det |
| 19 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 heart | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 69 | punct |
| 21 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 22 69 | punct |
| 22 | 69 | 69 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 sprang | obl |
| 23 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 22 69 | punct |
| 24 | Has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Wakán | det |
| 26 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 Wakán | amod |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 Wakán | punct |
| 28 | Wacépee | Wacépee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Wakán | compound |
| 29 | Wakán | Wakán | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Has | obj |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 Wakán | punct |
| 31 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 33 warlike | mark |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 warlike | det |
| 33 | warlike | warlike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 Has | conj |
| 34 | Dakotas | dakota | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 honored | nsubj |
| 35 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 36 honored | aux:pass |
| 36 | honored | honor | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 warlike | csubj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 work | punct |
| 38 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 work | cc |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 sons | det |
| 40 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 favored | compound |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 god | punct |
| 42 | favored | favor | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 sons | amod |
| 43 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 work | nsubj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 clan | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 clan | det |
| 46 | clan | clan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 sons | nmod |
| 47 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 honored | parataxis |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 will | nmod:poss |
| 49 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 work | advcl |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 help | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 help | det |
| 52 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 work | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 spirits | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 spirits | det |
| 55 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 help | nmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 Has | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spring | past | man | 69 | the heart of the mountains | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from heart=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | have | present | the sacred Wacépee Wakán | thus property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wakán=Patient | ||||
| 3 | honor | participle · passive | Dakotas | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | favor | participle | god compound | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | work | infinitive | the favored sons of the clan | with the help of the spirits | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with help=Co-Agent | ||||
| 6 | help | the spirits | nom help «act transitive»: of=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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