Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 70
They that enter the firm brotherhood first must fast and be cleansed by E-neé-pee; [81] And from foot-sole to crown of the head must they paint with the favorite colors; For Unktéhee likes bands of blood-red, with the stripings of blue intermingled.
Who acts: notes, E-neé-pee, 81 · What happens: enter, cleanse, crown, paint, like, intermingle · To what, where: firm brotherhood, bands, stripings
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 (notes, E-neé-pee, 81), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 enter | nsubj |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 enter | nsubj |
| 3 | enter | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 brotherhood | det |
| 5 | firm | firm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 brotherhood | amod |
| 6 | brotherhood | brotherhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 enter | obj |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 fast | advmod |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 fast | aux |
| 9 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 enter | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 cleansed | cc |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 cleansed | aux:pass |
| 12 | cleansed | cleanse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 fast | conj |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 E-neé-pee | case |
| 14 | E-neé-pee | e-neé-pee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cleansed | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 paint | punct |
| 16 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 17 81 | punct |
| 17 | 81 | 81 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 31 paint | nsubj |
| 18 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 17 81 | punct |
| 19 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 sole | cc |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 sole | case |
| 21 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 sole | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 foot | punct |
| 23 | sole | sole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 81 | conj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 crown | mark |
| 25 | crown | crown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 sole | xcomp |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 head | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 head | det |
| 28 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 crown | obl |
| 29 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 paint | aux |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 paint | nsubj |
| 31 | paint | paint | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 enter | parataxis |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 colors | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 colors | det |
| 34 | favorite | favorite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 colors | amod |
| 35 | colors | color | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 paint | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 likes | punct |
| 37 | For | for | ADP | _ | 38 Unktéhee | case |
| 38 | Unktéhee | Unktéhee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 likes | obl |
| 39 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 enter | parataxis |
| 40 | bands | band | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 likes | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 red | case |
| 42 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 red | compound |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 blood | punct |
| 44 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 bands | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 stripings | punct |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 stripings | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 stripings | det |
| 48 | stripings | striping | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 likes | parataxis |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 blue | case |
| 50 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 stripings | nmod |
| 51 | intermingled | intermingle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 stripings | acl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 enter | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | present | notes = note | the firm brotherhood | that nsubj; fast property | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brotherhood=Destination | |||
| 2 | cleanse | infinitive · passive | E-neé-pee | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | crown | to-infinitive | 81 not said here | of the head | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | paint | must | 81 | with the favorite colors; notes = note nsubj | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with color=Theme | ||||
| 5 | like | present | bands of blood red | for Unktéhee; the stripings of blue parataxis | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer band=Stimulus for unktéhee=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | intermingle | participle | the stripings of blue not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-1-1 «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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