Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 63

Like spurs to the steed to DuLuth were the jeers and the taunts of the boaster; Indignant was he and red wroth, at the trick of the runner dishonest; And away like a whirlwind he speeds --like a hurricane mad from the mountains; He gains on Tamdóka,--he leads! --and behold, with the spring of a panther, He leaps to the goal and succeeds, 'mid the roar of the mad acclamation.

Who acts: Indignant, Tamdóka, mad acclamation · What happens: be, speed, gain, lead, leap, succeed · To what, where: jeers, trick, hurricane, Tamdóka, goal, roar

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 (Indignant, Tamdóka, mad acclamation), 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	Like	like	ADP	_	2 spurs	case
2	spurs	spur	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 jeers	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 steed	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 steed	det
5	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spurs	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 DuLuth	case
7	DuLuth	DuLuth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 steed	nmod
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 jeers	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jeers	det
10	jeers	jeer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 taunts	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 taunts	det
13	taunts	taunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 jeers	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 boaster	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 boaster	det
16	boaster	boaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 taunts	nmod
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 wroth	punct
18	Indignant	Indignant	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 wroth	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 wroth	cop
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 wroth	nsubj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 wroth	cc
22	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 wroth	amod
23	wroth	wroth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 jeers	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 trick	punct
25	at	at	ADP	_	27 trick	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 trick	det
27	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wroth	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 runner	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 runner	det
30	runner	runner	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 trick	nmod
31	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 trick	amod
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 away	punct
33	And	and	CCONJ	_	34 away	cc
34	away	away	ADV	_	23 wroth	conj
35	like	like	ADP	_	37 whirlwind	case
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 whirlwind	det
37	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 away	obl
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 speeds	nsubj
39	speeds	speed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 whirlwind	acl:relcl
40	--	--	PUNCT	_	43 hurricane	punct
41	like	like	ADP	_	43 hurricane	case
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 hurricane	det
43	hurricane	hurricane	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 speeds	obj
44	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 hurricane	amod
45	from	from	ADP	_	47 mountains	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 mountains	det
47	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 mad	obl
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 gains	punct
49	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 gains	nsubj
50	gains	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 wroth	parataxis
51	on	on	ADP	_	52 Tamdóka	case
52	Tamdóka	Tamdóka	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 gains	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 leads	punct
54	--	--	PUNCT	_	56 leads	punct
55	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 leads	nsubj
56	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 gains	conj
57	!	!	PUNCT	_	56 leads	punct
58	--	--	PUNCT	_	60 behold	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 behold	cc
60	behold	behold	INTJ	_	50 gains	discourse
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 spring	punct
62	with	with	ADP	_	64 spring	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 spring	det
64	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 gains	obl
65	of	of	ADP	_	67 panther	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 panther	det
67	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 spring	nmod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 leaps	punct
69	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 leaps	nsubj
70	leaps	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 gains	parataxis
71	to	to	ADP	_	73 goal	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 goal	det
73	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 leaps	obl
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 succeeds	cc
75	succeeds	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 gains	conj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 mid	punct
77	'	'	PUNCT	_	78 mid	punct
78	mid	mi	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 gains	parataxis
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 roar	det
80	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 mid	obj
81	of	of	ADP	_	84 acclamation	case
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 acclamation	det
83	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 acclamation	amod
84	acclamation	acclamation	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 roar	nmod
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 jeers	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the jeers and the taunts of the boaster			like spurs to the steed to DuLuth; the taunts of the boaster conj	tree rules
2	is	past	Indignant		the trick of the runner		wroth property	tree rules
3	speed	present	Indignant	a hurricane				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hurricane=Agent
4	gain	present	Indignant		Tamdóka	spring		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	lead	present	Tamdóka					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
6	leap	present	Tamdóka		the goal			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to goal=Destination
7	succeed	present	Indignant not said here					vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	mi	past		the roar of the mad acclamation				tree rules
9	taunt			the boaster				nom taunt «act transitive»: of=patient
10	trick			the runner				nom trick «act transitive»: of=patient
11	roar		the mad acclamation					nom roar «event 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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 63

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 63