Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 6
Tis a brother," they said, "of the fire in the talons of dreadful Wakínyan, [32] When he flaps his huge wings in his ire, and shoots his red shafts at Unktéhee."
Who acts: Tis · What happens: say, flap, shoot · To what, where: huge wings, red shafts, Unktéhee · 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 (Tis), 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 | Tis | Tis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 brother | det |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tis | appos |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Tis | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Tis | punct |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fire | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 fire | punct |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 fire | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 fire | det |
| 12 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | ccomp |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 talons | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 talons | det |
| 15 | talons | talon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 fire | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Wakínyan | case |
| 17 | dreadful | dreadful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 Wakínyan | amod |
| 18 | Wakínyan | Wakínyan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 talons | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 32 | punct |
| 20 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 21 32 | punct |
| 21 | 32 | 32 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 fire | conj |
| 22 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 21 32 | punct |
| 23 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 25 flaps | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 flaps | nsubj |
| 25 | flaps | flap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | ccomp |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 wings | nmod:poss |
| 27 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 wings | amod |
| 28 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 flaps | obj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 ire | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 ire | nmod:poss |
| 31 | ire | ire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 flaps | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 shoots | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 shoots | cc |
| 34 | shoots | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 shafts | nmod:poss |
| 36 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 shafts | amod |
| 37 | shafts | shaft | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 shoots | obj |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 Unktéhee | case |
| 39 | Unktéhee | Unktéhee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 shoots | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 shoots | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 shoots | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Tis | Dakotas = dakota nsubj; the fire in the talons of dreadful Wakínyan ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | flap | present | Tis | esteem's huge wings | in esteem's ire | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent wing=Patient in ire=Topic | |||
| 3 | shoot | present | Tis not said here | esteem's red shafts | Unktéhee | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shaft=Theme at unktéhee=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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