Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 42
Then forth from the side of the chief stepped DuLuth and he looked on the boaster; "The words of a warrior are brief, --I will run with the brave," said the Frenchman; "But the feet of Tamdóka are tired; abide till the cool of the sunset."
Who acts: Duluth, words, Tamdóka, Frenchman, feet · What happens: step, look, be, run, say, abide · To what, where: DuLuth, side, warrior · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Duluth, words, Tamdóka, Frenchman), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 stepped | advmod |
| 2 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 5 side | advmod |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 side | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 side | det |
| 5 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stepped | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 chief | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chief | det |
| 8 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 side | nmod |
| 9 | stepped | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | DuLuth | DuLuth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 stepped | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 looked | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 looked | nsubj |
| 13 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 stepped | conj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 boaster | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 boaster | det |
| 16 | boaster | boaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 looked | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 brief | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 brief | punct |
| 19 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 words | det |
| 20 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 brief | nsubj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 warrior | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 warrior | det |
| 23 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 words | nmod |
| 24 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 brief | cop |
| 25 | brief | brief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stepped | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 run | punct |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 30 run | punct |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 run | nsubj |
| 29 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 run | aux |
| 30 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 brief | conj |
| 31 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 33 brave | mark |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 brave | det |
| 33 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 said | advcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 brave | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 brave | punct |
| 36 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 run | advcl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Frenchman | det |
| 38 | Frenchman | frenchman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 said | obj |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 tired | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 tired | punct |
| 41 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 47 tired | cc |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 feet | det |
| 43 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 tired | nsubj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Tamdóka | case |
| 45 | Tamdóka | Tamdóka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 feet | nmod |
| 46 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 tired | cop |
| 47 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 run | advcl |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 abide | punct |
| 49 | abide | abide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 stepped | parataxis |
| 50 | till | till | ADP | _ | 52 cool | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 cool | det |
| 52 | cool | cool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 abide | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 sunset | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 sunset | det |
| 55 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 cool | nmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 49 abide | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 abide | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step | past | DuLuth | the side of the chief | then | tree rules | |||
| 2 | look | past | Duluth | on the boaster | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on boaster=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the words of a warrior | brief property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | run in a quote | future | Tamdóka | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the Frenchman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | the feet of Tamdóka | tired property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | abide in a quote | infinitive | till the cool of the sunset | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | word in a quote | a warrior | nom word «communication 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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