Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 17

No longer he handles the spear, --no longer his swift, humming arrows Overtake the fleet feet of the deer, or the bear of the woods, or the bison; But he bends as he walks, and the wind shakes his white hair and hinders his footsteps; And soon will he leave me behind, without brother or sister or kindred.

Who acts: chief, arrows, wind · What happens: handle, hum, overtake, bend, walk, shake · To what, where: spear, bear, fleet feet, white hair, footsteps, me

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 (chief, arrows, wind), 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	No	no	ADV	_	2 longer	advmod
2	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 handles	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 handles	nsubj
4	handles	handle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spear	det
6	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handles	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 swift	punct
8	--	--	PUNCT	_	12 swift	punct
9	no	no	ADV	_	10 longer	advmod
10	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 swift	advmod
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 swift	nmod:poss
12	swift	swift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handles	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 humming	punct
14	humming	hum	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 handles	advcl
15	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 Overtake	nsubj
16	Overtake	overtake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 humming	ccomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 feet	det
18	fleet	fleet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 feet	amod
19	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 Overtake	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 deer	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 deer	det
22	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 feet	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 bear	punct
24	or	or	CCONJ	_	26 bear	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 bear	det
26	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 humming	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 woods	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 woods	det
29	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 bear	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 bison	punct
31	or	or	CCONJ	_	33 bison	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 bison	det
33	bison	bison	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 bear	conj
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 bends	punct
35	But	but	CCONJ	_	37 bends	cc
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 bends	nsubj
37	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 handles	conj
38	as	as	SCONJ	_	40 walks	mark
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 walks	nsubj
40	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 bends	advcl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 shakes	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 shakes	cc
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 wind	det
44	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 shakes	nsubj
45	shakes	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 bends	advcl
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 hair	nmod:poss
47	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 hair	amod
48	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 shakes	obj
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 hinders	cc
50	hinders	hinder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 shakes	conj
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 footsteps	nmod:poss
52	footsteps	footstep	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 hinders	obj
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 leave	punct
54	And	and	CCONJ	_	58 leave	cc
55	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	58 leave	advmod
56	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 leave	aux
57	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 leave	nsubj
58	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 handles	parataxis
59	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 leave	obj
60	behind	behind	ADV	_	58 leave	advmod
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 brother	punct
62	without	without	ADP	_	63 brother	case
63	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 leave	obl
64	or	or	CCONJ	_	65 sister	cc
65	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 brother	conj
66	or	or	CCONJ	_	67 kindred	cc
67	kindred	kindred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 brother	conj
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 handles	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	handle	present	chief	the spear	chief's swift obl; long property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme
2	hum	gerund	chief not said here	the bear of the woods or the bison		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	overtake	present	arrows	the fleet feet of the deer		tree rules
4	bend	present	chief			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	walk	present	chief			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	shake	present	the wind	chief's white hair		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hair=Patient
7	hinder	present	the wind not said here	chief's footsteps		vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer footstep=Eventuality
8	leave	future	chief	me	without brother or sister; behind, soon property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 17

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 17