Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 64
Then glad as the robin in May was the voice of Winona exulting; And the crest-fallen brave turned away, and lonely he walked by the river; He glowered as he went and the fire of revenge in his bosom was kindled, But he strove to dissemble his ire, and he whistled alone by the Ha-ha.
Who acts: robin, voice, Tamdóka · What happens: be, exult, fall, turn away, walk, glower · To what, where: revenge, bosom, ire
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 (robin, voice, Tamdóka), 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 glad | advmod |
| 2 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 voice | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 robin | det |
| 5 | robin | robin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 voice | nsubj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 May | case |
| 7 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 robin | nmod |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 voice | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 voice | det |
| 10 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 glad | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Winona | case |
| 12 | Winona | Winona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 voice | nmod |
| 13 | exulting | exult | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 voice | acl |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 fallen | punct |
| 15 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 fallen | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 fallen | det |
| 17 | crest | crest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 fallen | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 crest | punct |
| 19 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 glad | conj |
| 20 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 fallen | xcomp |
| 21 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 brave | conj |
| 22 | away | away | ADV | _ | 21 turned | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 lonely | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 lonely | cc |
| 25 | lonely | lonely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 turned | parataxis |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 walked | nsubj |
| 27 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 lonely | acl:relcl |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 river | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 river | det |
| 30 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 walked | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 glowered | punct |
| 32 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 glowered | nsubj |
| 33 | glowered | glower | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 fallen | parataxis |
| 34 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 36 went | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 went | nsubj |
| 36 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 glowered | ccomp |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 fire | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 fire | det |
| 39 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 went | conj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 revenge | case |
| 41 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 fire | nmod |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 bosom | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 bosom | nmod:poss |
| 44 | bosom | bosom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 kindled | obl |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 kindled | aux:pass |
| 46 | kindled | kindle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 revenge | acl:relcl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 strove | punct |
| 48 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 50 strove | cc |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 strove | nsubj |
| 50 | strove | strive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 glowered | conj |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 dissemble | mark |
| 52 | dissemble | dissemble | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 strove | xcomp |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 ire | nmod:poss |
| 54 | ire | ire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 dissemble | obj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 whistled | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 whistled | cc |
| 57 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 whistled | nsubj |
| 58 | whistled | whistle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 strove | conj |
| 59 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 58 whistled | advmod |
| 60 | by | by | ADP | _ | 62 Ha | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 Ha | det |
| 62 | Ha | Ha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 whistled | obl |
| 63 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 64 ha | punct |
| 64 | ha | ha | INTJ | _ | 62 Ha | discourse |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 glad | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the robin in May | as the voice; of Winona | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | exult | gerund | the voice not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | fall | participle | crest compound; brave property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | turn away | participle | away property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | walk | past | Tamdóka | by the river | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | glower | past | Tamdóka | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | go | past | Tamdóka | the fire of revenge conj | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | kindle | past · passive | revenge not said here | Tamdóka's bosom | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | ||||
| 9 | strive | past | Tamdóka | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | dissemble | to-infinitive | Tamdóka not said here | Tamdóka's ire | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | whistle | past | Tamdóka | by the Ha; alone property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by ha=Location | ||||
| 13 | fire | revenge | nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 14 | bosom | Tamdóka | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=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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