Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 87
When a stranger arrives at the tee --be he friend of the band or a foeman, Give him food; let your bounty be free; lay a robe for the guest by the lodge-fire; Let him go to his kindred in peace, if the peace-pipe he smoke in the teepee; And so shall your children increase, and your lodges shall laugh with abundance.
Who acts: stranger, you, bounty, children, lodges · What happens: arrive, be, give, let, lay, go · To what, where: tee, friend, food, stranger, bounty, robe
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 (stranger, you, bounty, children), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 4 arrives | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stranger | det |
| 3 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 arrives | nsubj |
| 4 | arrives | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 Give | advcl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 tee | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tee | det |
| 7 | tee | tee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 arrives | obl |
| 8 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 11 friend | punct |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 friend | cop |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 friend | nsubj |
| 11 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 arrives | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 band | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 band | det |
| 14 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 friend | nmod |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 foeman | cc |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 foeman | det |
| 17 | foeman | foeman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 band | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Give | punct |
| 19 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 Give | iobj |
| 21 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Give | obj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 let | punct |
| 23 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 Give | parataxis |
| 24 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 bounty | nmod:poss |
| 25 | bounty | bounty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 let | obj |
| 26 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 let | xcomp |
| 27 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 be | xcomp |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 lay | punct |
| 29 | lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 23 let | conj |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 robe | det |
| 31 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 lay | obj |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 guest | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 guest | det |
| 34 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 lay | obl |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 39 fire | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 fire | det |
| 37 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 fire | compound |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 lodge | punct |
| 39 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 lay | obl |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 Let | punct |
| 41 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 23 let | conj |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 Let | obj |
| 43 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 Let | xcomp |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 kindred | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 kindred | nmod:poss |
| 46 | kindred | kindred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 go | xcomp |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 48 peace | case |
| 48 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 kindred | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 pipe | punct |
| 50 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 54 pipe | mark |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 pipe | det |
| 52 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 pipe | compound |
| 53 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 52 peace | punct |
| 54 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 smoke | compound |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 smoke | nsubj |
| 56 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 Let | obl |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 59 teepee | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 teepee | det |
| 59 | teepee | teepee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 smoke | nmod |
| 60 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 increase | punct |
| 61 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 increase | cc |
| 62 | so | so | ADV | _ | 66 increase | advmod |
| 63 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 66 increase | aux |
| 64 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 children | nmod:poss |
| 65 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 increase | nsubj |
| 66 | increase | increase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 Give | parataxis |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 laugh | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 laugh | cc |
| 69 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 lodges | nmod:poss |
| 70 | lodges | lodge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 72 laugh | nsubj |
| 71 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 72 laugh | aux |
| 72 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 increase | conj |
| 73 | with | with | ADP | _ | 74 abundance | case |
| 74 | abundance | abundance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 laugh | obl |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 Give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | present | a stranger | the tee | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | infinitive | stranger | friend | of the band or a foeman | tree rules | |||
| 3 | give | imperative | you not said here | food | stranger | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme | |||
| 4 | let | infinitive | your bounty | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | be | infinitive | your bounty not said here | free property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | lay | infinitive | a robe | for the guest; by the lodge fire | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent robe=Result for guest=Beneficiary | ||||
| 7 | let | infinitive | stranger | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | go | infinitive | stranger not said here | kindred property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | smoke | stranger | the teepee | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | increase | shall | your children | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 11 | laugh | shall | your lodges | with abundance | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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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