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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 51

A wife of tall Wazi-kuté --the mother of boastful Tamdóka-- Brought her handsomest robe from the tee, with a vaunting and loud proclamation: She would stake her last robe on her son who, she boasted, was fleet as the Cábri [80] And the tall, tawny chieftain looked on, approving the boast of the mother.

Who acts: wife, son, mother · What happens: bring, stake, boast, be, look on, approve · To what, where: handsomest robe, tee, last robe, tall tawny chieftain, boast

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 (wife, son, mother), 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

detnsubjcaseamodcompoundpunctnmodpunctdetapposcaseamodnmodpunctnmod:possamodobjcasedetoblpunctcasedetapposccamodconjpunctnsubjauxconjnmod:possamodobjcasenmod:possoblnsubjpunctnsubjacl:relclpunctcopconjcasedetoblpunctappospunctccdetamodpunctamodconjaclcompound:prtpunctadvcldetobjcasedetnmodpunctrootADETwifeNOUNofADPtallADJWaziPROPN-PUNCTkutéNOUN--PUNCTtheDETmotherNOUNofADPboastfulADJTamdókaPROPN--PUNCTBroughtVERBherPRONhandsomestADJrobeNOUNfromADPtheDETteeNOUN,PUNCTwithADPaDETvauntingNOUNandCCONJloudADJproclamationNOUN:PUNCTShePRONwouldAUXstakeVERBherPRONlastADJrobeNOUNonADPherPRONsonNOUNwhoPRON,PUNCTshePRONboastedVERB,PUNCTwasAUXfleetADJasADPtheDETCábriPROPN[PUNCT80NUM]PUNCTAndCCONJtheDETtallADJ,PUNCTtawnyADJchieftainNOUNlookedVERBonADP,PUNCTapprovingVERBtheDETboastNOUNofADPtheDETmotherNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 wifedet
2wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing15 Broughtnsubj
3ofofADP_7 kutécase
4talltallADJDegree=Pos7 kutéamod
5WaziWaziPROPNNumber=Sing7 kutécompound
6--PUNCT_5 Wazipunct
7kutékutéNOUNNumber=Sing2 wifenmod
8----PUNCT_10 motherpunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 motherdet
10mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing7 kutéappos
11ofofADP_13 Tamdókacase
12boastfulboastfulADJDegree=Pos13 Tamdókaamod
13TamdókaTamdókaPROPNNumber=Sing10 mothernmod
14----PUNCT_2 wifepunct
15BroughtbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
16herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 robenmod:poss
17handsomesthandsomeADJDegree=Sup18 robeamod
18roberobeNOUNNumber=Sing15 Broughtobj
19fromfromADP_21 teecase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 teedet
21teeteeNOUNNumber=Sing15 Broughtobl
22,,PUNCT_25 vauntingpunct
23withwithADP_25 vauntingcase
24aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 vauntingdet
25vauntingvauntingNOUNNumber=Sing21 teeappos
26andandCCONJ_28 proclamationcc
27loudloudADJDegree=Pos28 proclamationamod
28proclamationproclamationNOUNNumber=Sing25 vauntingconj
29::PUNCT_32 stakepunct
30SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 stakensubj
31wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin32 stakeaux
32stakestakeVERBVerbForm=Inf15 Broughtconj
33herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 robenmod:poss
34lastlastADJDegree=Pos35 robeamod
35roberobeNOUNNumber=Sing32 stakeobj
36ononADP_38 soncase
37herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 sonnmod:poss
38sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing32 stakeobl
39whowhoPRONPronType=Rel42 boastednsubj
40,,PUNCT_42 boastedpunct
41sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 boastednsubj
42boastedboastVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 sonacl:relcl
43,,PUNCT_45 fleetpunct
44wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 fleetcop
45fleetfleetADJDegree=Pos32 stakeconj
46asasADP_48 Cábricase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 Cábridet
48CábriCábriPROPNNumber=Sing45 fleetobl
49[[PUNCT_50 80punct
508080NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card48 Cábriappos
51]]PUNCT_50 80punct
52AndandCCONJ_57 chieftaincc
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art57 chieftaindet
54talltallADJDegree=Pos57 chieftainamod
55,,PUNCT_54 tallpunct
56tawnytawnyADJDegree=Pos57 chieftainamod
57chieftainchieftainNOUNNumber=Sing48 Cábriconj
58lookedlookVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass57 chieftainacl
59ononADP_58 lookedcompound:prt
60,,PUNCT_61 approvingpunct
61approvingapproveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part32 stakeadvcl
62thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art63 boastdet
63boastboastNOUNNumber=Sing61 approvingobj
64ofofADP_66 mothercase
65thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art66 motherdet
66mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing63 boastnmod
67..PUNCT_15 Broughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bringpasta wife of tall Wazi kutéwife's handsomest robethe teevn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent robe=Theme from tee=Initial_Location
2stakewouldwifewife's last robeon wife's sonvn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Patient
3boast speech: otherpastwife's sonwife nsubjvn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4ispastwife not said hereas the Cábri and the tall tawny chieftain; fleet propertytree rules
5look onparticiplethe tall tawny chieftain not said herevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
6approvegerundwife not said herethe boast of the mothervn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boast=Beneficiary
7boastthe mothernom boast «communication intransitive»: of=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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