Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 55
The drum beats,--the chief waves the flag, and away on the course speed the runners, And away leads the brave like a stag, --like a hound on his track flies the Frenchman; And away haste the hunters, once more, to the hills for a view to the lake-side, And the dark-swarming hill-tops, they roar with the storm of loud voices commingled.
Who acts: drum, chief, hound, dark swarming hill tops, storm · What happens: beat, wave, lead, fly, haste, swarm · To what, where: flag, brave, Frenchman, hunters
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 (drum, chief, hound, dark swarming hill tops), 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 drum | det |
| 2 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 beats | nsubj |
| 3 | beats | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 waves | punct |
| 5 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 8 waves | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chief | det |
| 7 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 waves | nsubj |
| 8 | waves | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 beats | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 flag | det |
| 10 | flag | flag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 waves | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 away | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 away | cc |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 waves | advmod |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 speed | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 speed | det |
| 16 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 speed | compound |
| 17 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 away | obl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 runners | det |
| 19 | runners | runner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 speed | nmod:unmarked |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 leads | punct |
| 21 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 leads | cc |
| 22 | away | away | ADV | _ | 23 leads | advmod |
| 23 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 beats | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 brave | det |
| 25 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 leads | obj |
| 26 | like | like | ADP | _ | 28 stag | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 stag | det |
| 28 | stag | stag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 brave | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 flies | punct |
| 30 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 33 hound | punct |
| 31 | like | like | ADP | _ | 33 hound | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 hound | det |
| 33 | hound | hound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 flies | nsubj |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 track | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 track | nmod:poss |
| 36 | track | track | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 hound | nmod |
| 37 | flies | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 leads | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Frenchman | det |
| 39 | Frenchman | frenchman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 flies | obj |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 haste | punct |
| 41 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 haste | cc |
| 42 | away | away | ADV | _ | 43 haste | advmod |
| 43 | haste | haste | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 beats | conj |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 hunters | det |
| 45 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 haste | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 once | punct |
| 47 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 48 more | advmod |
| 48 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 43 haste | advmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 hills | punct |
| 50 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 hills | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 hills | det |
| 52 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 haste | obl |
| 53 | for | for | ADP | _ | 55 view | case |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 view | det |
| 55 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 hills | nmod |
| 56 | to | to | ADP | _ | 60 side | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 side | det |
| 58 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 side | compound |
| 59 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 58 lake | punct |
| 60 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 haste | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 roar | punct |
| 62 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 roar | cc |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 tops | det |
| 64 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 tops | amod |
| 65 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 64 dark | punct |
| 66 | swarming | swarm | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 69 tops | amod |
| 67 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 tops | compound |
| 68 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 67 hill | punct |
| 69 | tops | top | NOUN | Number=Plur | 72 roar | nsubj |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 tops | punct |
| 71 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 roar | nsubj |
| 72 | roar | roar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 beats | conj |
| 73 | with | with | ADP | _ | 75 storm | case |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 storm | det |
| 75 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 roar | obl |
| 76 | of | of | ADP | _ | 78 voices | case |
| 77 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 78 voices | amod |
| 78 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 79 commingled | obl |
| 79 | commingled | commingle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 75 storm | acl:relcl |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 beats | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | present | the drum | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wave | present | the chief | the flag | away property | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Patient | |||
| 3 | lead | present | the drum not said here | the brave like a stag | away property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brave=Theme | |||
| 4 | fly | present | a hound on chief's track | the Frenchman | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location frenchman=Theme | ||||
| 5 | haste | infinitive | the drum not said here | the hunters | to the hills for a view; to the lake side; away property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | swarm | gerund | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | roar | present | the dark swarming hill tops | with the storm; tops = top nsubj | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with storm=Theme | ||||
| 8 | commingle | past | the storm not said here | of loud voices | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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