Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 68
Round and round walks the chief of the clan, as he rattles the sacred Ta-shá-kay; [81] Long and loud on the Chân-che-ga [81] beat the drummers with magical drumsticks, And the notes of the Chô-tánka [81] greet, like the murmur of winds on the waters.
Who acts: chief, notes · What happens: walk, rattle, beat, greet, note, murmur · To what, where: chief, sacred Ta shá kay, drummers, Chô, winds
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 (chief, notes), 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 | Round | round | ADV | _ | 4 walks | advmod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 round | cc |
| 3 | round | round | ADV | _ | 1 Round | conj |
| 4 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chief | det |
| 6 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walks | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 clan | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 clan | det |
| 9 | clan | clan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chief | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 rattles | punct |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 rattles | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 rattles | nsubj |
| 13 | rattles | rattle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 walks | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 kay | det |
| 15 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 kay | amod |
| 16 | Ta | Ta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 kay | compound |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 Ta | punct |
| 18 | shá | shá | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 kay | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 shá | punct |
| 20 | kay | kay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rattles | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 Long | punct |
| 22 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 23 81 | punct |
| 23 | 81 | 81 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 25 Long | obl:unmarked |
| 24 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 23 81 | punct |
| 25 | Long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 walks | parataxis |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 loud | cc |
| 27 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Long | conj |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 32 che | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 che | det |
| 30 | Chân | Chân | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 che | compound |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 Chân | punct |
| 32 | che | che | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Long | obl |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 ga | punct |
| 34 | ga | ga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 che | appos |
| 35 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 36 81 | punct |
| 36 | 81 | 81 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 34 ga | appos |
| 37 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 36 81 | punct |
| 38 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 Long | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 drummers | det |
| 40 | drummers | drummer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 beat | obj |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 drumsticks | case |
| 42 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 drumsticks | amod |
| 43 | drumsticks | drumstick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 beat | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 greet | punct |
| 45 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 greet | cc |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 notes | det |
| 47 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 greet | nsubj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 Chô | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 Chô | det |
| 50 | Chô | Chô | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 notes | nmod |
| 51 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 52 tánka | punct |
| 52 | tánka | tánka | X | Foreign=Yes | 50 Chô | conj |
| 53 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 54 81 | punct |
| 54 | 81 | 81 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 52 tánka | appos |
| 55 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 54 81 | punct |
| 56 | greet | greet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 walks | parataxis |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 murmur | punct |
| 58 | like | like | ADP | _ | 60 murmur | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 murmur | det |
| 60 | murmur | murmur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 greet | obl |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 winds | case |
| 62 | winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 murmur | nmod |
| 63 | on | on | ADP | _ | 65 waters | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 waters | det |
| 65 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 winds | nmod |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 walks | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present | the chief of the clan | round property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chief=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | rattle | present | chief | the sacred Ta shá kay | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kay=Theme | ||||
| 3 | beat | infinitive | the drummers | with magical drumsticks | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent drummer=Patient with drumstick=Instrument | ||||
| 4 | greet speech: greet | infinitive | the notes of the Chô | like the murmur of winds on the waters | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | note | the Chô | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | murmur | winds on the waters | nom murmur «event transitive»: of=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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