Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 24

The runners are ranged on the plain, and the Chief waves a flag as a signal, And away like the gray wolves they fly --like the wolves on the trail of the red deer; O'er the hills and the prairie they vie, and strain their strong limbs to the utmost, While high on the hills hangs a cloud of warriors and maidens and mothers, To behold the swift runners, and loud are the cheers and the shouts of the warriors.

Who acts: Chief, runners · What happens: range, wave, fly, vie, strain, hang · To what, where: runners, plain, flag, gray wolves, prairie, strong limbs

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 (Chief, runners), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 runners	det
2	runners	runner	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ranged	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ranged	aux:pass
4	ranged	range	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 plain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plain	det
7	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ranged	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 waves	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 waves	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Chief	det
11	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 waves	nsubj
12	waves	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ranged	obl:agent
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 flag	det
14	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waves	obj
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 signal	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 signal	det
17	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waves	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 away	punct
19	And	and	CCONJ	_	20 away	cc
20	away	away	ADV	_	4 ranged	advmod
21	like	like	ADP	_	24 wolves	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 wolves	det
23	gray	gray	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 wolves	compound
24	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 away	obl
25	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 fly	nsubj
26	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 wolves	acl:relcl
27	--	--	PUNCT	_	30 wolves	punct
28	like	like	ADP	_	30 wolves	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 wolves	det
30	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 fly	obl
31	on	on	ADP	_	33 trail	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 trail	det
33	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 wolves	nmod
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 deer	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 deer	det
36	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 deer	amod
37	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 trail	nmod
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 hills	punct
39	O'er	O'er	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 hills	compound
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 hills	det
41	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ranged	obl
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 prairie	cc
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 prairie	det
44	prairie	prairie	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 hills	conj
45	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 vie	nsubj
46	vie	vie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 prairie	acl:relcl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 strain	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 strain	cc
49	strain	strain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ranged	parataxis
50	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 limbs	nmod:poss
51	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 limbs	amod
52	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 strain	obj
53	to	to	ADP	_	55 utmost	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 utmost	det
55	utmost	utmost	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 strain	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 hangs	punct
57	While	while	SCONJ	_	58 high	mark
58	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 hangs	advcl
59	on	on	ADP	_	61 hills	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 hills	det
61	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 high	obl
62	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 strain	parataxis
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 cloud	det
64	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 hangs	obj
65	of	of	ADP	_	66 warriors	case
66	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 cloud	nmod
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 maidens	cc
68	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 warriors	conj
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 mothers	cc
70	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 warriors	conj
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 behold	punct
72	To	to	PART	_	73 behold	mark
73	behold	behold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 hangs	conj
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 runners	det
75	swift	swift	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 runners	amod
76	runners	runner	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 behold	obj
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 cheers	punct
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 cheers	cc
79	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 cheers	amod
80	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	82 cheers	cop
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 cheers	det
82	cheers	cheer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ranged	conj
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	85 shouts	cc
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 shouts	det
85	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	82 cheers	conj
86	of	of	ADP	_	88 warriors	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 warriors	det
88	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	85 shouts	obl
89	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ranged	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	range	present · passive		the runners	the plain	the O'er hills and the prairie obl; away property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme
2	wave	present	the Chief	a flag		as a signal	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Patient
3	fly	present	runners = runner	the gray wolves not said here		like the wolves on the trail of the red deer	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wolf=Theme
4	vie	present	runners = runner	the prairie not said here			tree rules
5	strain	present		runners's strong limbs		to the utmost	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent limb=Source
6	hang	present		a cloud of warriors and maidens and mothers			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Patient
7	behold	to-infinitive		the swift runners			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer runner=Stimulus
8	is a	present		the loud cheers			tree rules
9	shout speech: express	present				of the warriors	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	cloud			warriors and maidens and mothers			nom cloud «phenomenon 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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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 24