Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 11
"Wild-Rose of the Prairies," he said, "DuLuth listens not to the Ha-ha, For the wail of the ghost of the dead, for her babe and its father unfaithful; But he lists to a voice in his heart that is heard by the ear of no other, And to-day will the White Chief depart --he returns to the land of the sunrise." "
Who acts: Wild Rose, DuLuth, ear, White Chief, chief, ghost · What happens: say, not listen, list, hear, depart, return · To what, where: heart · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wild Rose, DuLuth, ear, White Chief), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Rose | punct |
| 2 | Wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Rose | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wild | punct |
| 4 | Rose | Rose | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Prairies | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Prairies | det |
| 7 | Prairies | Prairie | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 Rose | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Rose | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Rose | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 listens | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 listens | punct |
| 14 | DuLuth | DuLuth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 listens | nsubj |
| 15 | listens | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | ccomp |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 listens | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 Ha | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Ha | det |
| 19 | Ha | Ha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 listens | obl |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 ha | punct |
| 21 | ha | ha | INTJ | _ | 19 Ha | discourse |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 wail | punct |
| 23 | For | for | ADP | _ | 25 wail | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 wail | det |
| 25 | wail | wail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 ha | conj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 ghost | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 ghost | det |
| 28 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wail | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 dead | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 dead | det |
| 31 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 ghost | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 babe | punct |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 babe | case |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 babe | nmod:poss |
| 35 | babe | babe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wail | parataxis |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 father | cc |
| 37 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 father | nmod:poss |
| 38 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 babe | conj |
| 39 | unfaithful | unfaithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 father | amod |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 lists | punct |
| 41 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 43 lists | cc |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 lists | nsubj |
| 43 | lists | list | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 voice | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 voice | det |
| 46 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 lists | obl |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 heart | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 heart | nmod:poss |
| 49 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 lists | obl |
| 50 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 heard | nsubj:pass |
| 51 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 heard | aux:pass |
| 52 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 heart | acl:relcl |
| 53 | by | by | ADP | _ | 55 ear | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 ear | det |
| 55 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 heard | obl |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 other | case |
| 57 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 58 other | det |
| 58 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 ear | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 depart | punct |
| 60 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 depart | cc |
| 61 | to | to | ADP | _ | 63 day | case |
| 62 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 61 to | punct |
| 63 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 depart | obl |
| 64 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 68 depart | aux |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 Chief | det |
| 66 | White | White | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 Chief | compound |
| 67 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 depart | nsubj |
| 68 | depart | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 lists | conj |
| 69 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 71 returns | punct |
| 70 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 returns | nsubj |
| 71 | returns | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 lists | conj |
| 72 | to | to | ADP | _ | 74 land | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 land | det |
| 74 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 returns | obl |
| 75 | of | of | ADP | _ | 77 sunrise | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 sunrise | det |
| 77 | sunrise | sunrise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 land | nmod |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 43 lists | punct |
| 79 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 lists | punct |
| 80 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 lists | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Wild Rose of the Prairies | rose nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not listen in a quote | present | DuLuth | to the Ha | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ha=Theme | ||||
| 3 | list in a quote | present | Duluth | Duluth's heart | to a voice | tree rules | |||
| 4 | hear in a quote | present · passive | the ear of no other | Duluth's heart | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | depart in a quote | future | the White Chief | day | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | return in a quote | present | chief | to the land of the sunrise result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to land=Result | ||||
| 7 | wail in a quote | the ghost of the dead | nom wail «communication 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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