Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 52
Then fleet as the feet of a fawn to her lodge ran the dark eyed Winona, She brought and she staked on the lawn, by the side of the robe of the boaster, The lily-red mantle Duluth, with his own hands, had laid on her shoulders. "
Who acts: you, feet, dark · What happens: fleet, run, eye, bring, stake, lay · To what, where: Winona, lawn, own hands, shoulders
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 (you, feet, dark), 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 | 2 fleet | advmod |
| 2 | fleet | fleet | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 ran | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 feet | det |
| 5 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 ran | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 fawn | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fawn | det |
| 8 | fawn | fawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feet | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 lodge | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 lodge | nmod:poss |
| 11 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fawn | nmod |
| 12 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fleet | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 dark | det |
| 14 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 eyed | nsubj |
| 15 | eyed | eye | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 ran | ccomp |
| 16 | Winona | Winona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 eyed | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 brought | punct |
| 18 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 brought | nsubj |
| 19 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fleet | conj |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 staked | cc |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 staked | nsubj |
| 22 | staked | stake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 brought | conj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 lawn | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 lawn | det |
| 25 | lawn | lawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 staked | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 side | punct |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 side | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 side | det |
| 29 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fleet | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 robe | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 robe | det |
| 32 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 side | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 boaster | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 boaster | det |
| 35 | boaster | boaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 robe | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 mantle | punct |
| 37 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 mantle | det |
| 38 | lily | lily | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 red | compound |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 38 lily | punct |
| 40 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 mantle | amod |
| 41 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 side | conj |
| 42 | Duluth | Duluth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 mantle | appos |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 hands | punct |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 hands | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 hands | nmod:poss |
| 46 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 hands | amod |
| 47 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fleet | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 laid | punct |
| 49 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 laid | aux |
| 50 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 hands | acl |
| 51 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 shoulders | case |
| 52 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 shoulders | nmod:poss |
| 53 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 laid | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fleet | punct |
| 55 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 fleet | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fleet | imperative | you not said here | then | by the side of the robe of the boaster and the red mantle; with Duluth's own hands | tree rules | |||
| 2 | run | past | the feet of a fawn to wife's lodge | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | eye | past | the dark | Winona | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer winona=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | bring | past | dark | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | stake | past | dark | the lawn | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | lay | past · perfect | Duluth's own hands not said here | wife's shoulders | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on shoulder=Destination |
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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