Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 12
Five hundred tall warriors were there from Kapóza [6] and far off Keóza; [8] Remnica, [a] too, furnished a share of the legions that thronged to the races, And a bountiful feast was prepared by the diligent hands of the women, And gaily the multitudes fared in the generous tees of Kathága.
Who acts: hundred tall warriors, legions, diligent hands, gaily multitudes · What happens: be, furnish, throng, prepare, fare, share · To what, where: Kapóza, share, bountiful feast, generous tees, legions
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 (hundred tall warriors, legions, diligent hands, gaily multitudes), 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 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | compound |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 warriors | nummod |
| 3 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 warriors | amod |
| 4 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 there | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 there | cop |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 Kapóza | case |
| 8 | Kapóza | Kapóza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 there | obl |
| 9 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 10 6 | punct |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 Kapóza | appos |
| 11 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 10 6 | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 far | cc |
| 13 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 there | conj |
| 14 | off | off | ADP | _ | 15 Keóza | case |
| 15 | Keóza | Keóza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 far | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 8 | punct |
| 17 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 18 8 | punct |
| 18 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 there | obl |
| 19 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 18 8 | punct |
| 20 | Remnica | Remnica | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 8 | flat |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 furnished | punct |
| 22 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 27 furnished | punct |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 furnished | det |
| 24 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 23 a | punct |
| 25 | too | too | ADV | _ | 27 furnished | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 too | punct |
| 27 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 there | parataxis |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 share | det |
| 29 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 furnished | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 legions | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 legions | det |
| 32 | legions | legion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 share | nmod |
| 33 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 thronged | nsubj |
| 34 | thronged | throng | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 legions | acl:relcl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 races | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 races | det |
| 37 | races | race | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 thronged | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 prepared | punct |
| 39 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 prepared | cc |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 feast | det |
| 41 | bountiful | bountiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 feast | amod |
| 42 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 prepared | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 prepared | aux:pass |
| 44 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 furnished | parataxis |
| 45 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 hands | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 hands | det |
| 47 | diligent | diligent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 hands | amod |
| 48 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 prepared | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 women | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 women | det |
| 51 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 hands | nmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 fared | punct |
| 53 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 fared | cc |
| 54 | gaily | gaily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 multitudes | amod |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 multitudes | det |
| 56 | multitudes | multitude | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 fared | nsubj |
| 57 | fared | fare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 furnished | conj |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 tees | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 tees | det |
| 60 | generous | generous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 tees | amod |
| 61 | tees | tee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 fared | obl |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 Kathága | case |
| 63 | Kathága | Kathága | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 tees | nmod |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 there | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | hundred tall warriors | Kapóza | 8 obl; there property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | furnish | past | a share of the legions | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | throng | past | the legions | to the races | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | prepare | past · passive | the diligent hands of the women | a bountiful feast | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 5 | fare | past | the gaily multitudes | the generous tees of Kathága | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | share | the legions | nom share «possession 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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