Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 23

"I pity Winona," he said, "but my path is a pathway of danger, And long is the trail for the maid to the far-away land of the sunrise; And few are the braves of my band, and the braves of Tamdóka are many; But soon I return to the land, and a cloud of my hunters will follow.

Who acts: tongue, path, braves, cloud · What happens: pity, say, be, return, follow, cloud · To what, where: Winona, pathway, long trail, few braves, hunters · 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 (tongue, path, braves, cloud), 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	_	3 pity	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 pity	nsubj
3	pity	pity	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
4	Winona	Winona	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pity	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pity	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 pity	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 pathway	cc
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 path	nmod:poss
13	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pathway	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 pathway	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pathway	det
16	pathway	pathway	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 danger	case
18	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pathway	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 trail	punct
20	And	and	CCONJ	_	24 trail	cc
21	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 trail	amod
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 trail	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 trail	det
24	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pathway	conj
25	for	for	ADP	_	27 maid	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 maid	det
27	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 trail	nmod
28	to	to	ADP	_	33 land	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 land	det
30	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 land	amod
31	-	-	PUNCT	_	30 far	punct
32	away	away	ADV	_	30 far	advmod
33	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 maid	nmod
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 sunrise	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 sunrise	det
36	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 land	nmod
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 braves	punct
38	And	and	CCONJ	_	42 braves	cc
39	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 braves	amod
40	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 braves	cop
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 braves	det
42	braves	brave	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 said	parataxis
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 band	case
44	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 band	nmod:poss
45	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 braves	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 many	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 many	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 braves	det
49	braves	brave	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 many	nsubj
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 Tamdóka	case
51	Tamdóka	Tamdóka	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 braves	nmod
52	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 many	cop
53	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 braves	conj
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 return	punct
55	But	but	CCONJ	_	58 return	cc
56	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	58 return	advmod
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 return	nsubj
58	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
59	to	to	ADP	_	61 land	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 land	det
61	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 return	obl
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 follow	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 follow	cc
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 cloud	det
65	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 follow	nsubj
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 hunters	case
67	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 hunters	nmod:poss
68	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 cloud	nmod
69	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	70 follow	aux
70	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 return	conj
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pity in a quote	present	tongue	Winona		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer winona=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	tongue			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	is a in a quote	present	my path	a pathway and the long trail	of danger	tree rules
4	is a in a quote	present	my path not said here	the long trail	for the maid to the far land of the sunrise	tree rules
5	is a in a quote	present		the few braves	of my band	tree rules
6	is in a quote	present	the braves of Tamdóka		many property	tree rules
7	return in a quote	present	tongue		to the land result; soon property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to land=Result
8	follow in a quote	future	a cloud of my hunters			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	cloud in a quote			my hunters		nom cloud «phenomenon 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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 23

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 23