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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 24

When the cold winds of winter return, and toss the white robes of the prairies, The fire of the White Chief will burn in his lodge at the Meeting-of-Waters; [a] And when from the Sunrise again comes the chief of the suns of the Morning, Many moons will his hunters remain in the land of the friendly Dakotas.

Who acts: cold winds, white robes, hunters · What happens: toss, burn, come, remain, wind, fire · To what, where: a, lodge, chief, land, winter return, White Chief

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 (cold winds, white robes, hunters), 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

markdetamodnsubjcasecompoundnmodpunctccadvcldetamodnsubjcasedetnmodpunctdetconjcasedetcompoundnmodauxcasenmod:possoblcasedetcompoundpunctcasepunctoblpunctpunctoblpunctccmarkcasedetobladvmodconjdetobjcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctamodconjauxnmod:possnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctrootWhenSCONJtheDETcoldADJwindsNOUNofADPwinterNOUNreturnNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtossVERBtheDETwhiteADJrobesNOUNofADPtheDETprairiesNOUN,PUNCTTheDETfireNOUNofADPtheDETWhitePROPNChiefPROPNwillAUXburnVERBinADPhisPRONlodgeNOUNatADPtheDETMeetingPROPN-PUNCTofADP-PUNCTWatersPROPN;PUNCT[PUNCTaDET]PUNCTAndCCONJwhenSCONJfromADPtheDETSunrisePROPNagainADVcomesVERBtheDETchiefNOUNofADPtheDETsunsNOUNofADPtheDETMorningPROPN,PUNCTManyADJmoonsNOUNwillAUXhisPRONhuntersNOUNremainVERBinADPtheDETlandNOUNofADPtheDETfriendlyADJDakotasPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_10 tossmark
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 windsdet
3coldcoldADJDegree=Pos4 windsamod
4windswindNOUNNumber=Plur10 tossnsubj
5ofofADP_7 returncase
6winterwinterNOUNNumber=Sing7 returncompound
7returnreturnNOUNNumber=Sing4 windsnmod
8,,PUNCT_10 tosspunct
9andandCCONJ_10 tosscc
10tosstossVERBVerbForm=Inf25 burnadvcl
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 robesdet
12whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos13 robesamod
13robesrobeNOUNNumber=Plur25 burnnsubj
14ofofADP_16 prairiescase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 prairiesdet
16prairiesprairieNOUNNumber=Plur13 robesnmod
17,,PUNCT_19 firepunct
18ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 firedet
19firefireNOUNNumber=Sing16 prairiesconj
20ofofADP_23 Chiefcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 Chiefdet
22WhiteWhitePROPNNumber=Sing23 Chiefcompound
23ChiefChiefPROPNNumber=Sing19 firenmod
24willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin25 burnaux
25burnburnVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
26ininADP_28 lodgecase
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 lodgenmod:poss
28lodgelodgeNOUNNumber=Sing25 burnobl
29atatADP_35 Waterscase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 Watersdet
31MeetingMeetingPROPNNumber=Sing35 Waterscompound
32--PUNCT_35 Waterspunct
33ofofADP_35 Waterscase
34--PUNCT_33 ofpunct
35WatersWaterPROPNNumber=Plur25 burnobl
36;;PUNCT_38 apunct
37[[PUNCT_38 apunct
38aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 burnobl
39]]PUNCT_38 apunct
40AndandCCONJ_46 comescc
41whenwhenSCONJ_46 comesmark
42fromfromADP_44 Sunrisecase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 Sunrisedet
44SunriseSunrisePROPNNumber=Sing46 comesobl
45againagainADV_46 comesadvmod
46comescomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 aconj
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 chiefdet
48chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing46 comesobj
49ofofADP_51 sunscase
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 sunsdet
51sunssunNOUNNumber=Plur48 chiefnmod
52ofofADP_54 Morningcase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 Morningdet
54MorningMorningPROPNNumber=Sing51 sunsnmod
55,,PUNCT_57 moonspunct
56ManymanyADJDegree=Pos57 moonsamod
57moonsmoonNOUNNumber=Plur48 chiefconj
58willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin61 remainaux
59hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs60 huntersnmod:poss
60huntershunterNOUNNumber=Plur61 remainnsubj
61remainremainVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin48 chiefacl:relcl
62ininADP_64 landcase
63thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art64 landdet
64landlandNOUNNumber=Sing61 remainobl
65ofofADP_68 Dakotascase
66thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art68 Dakotasdet
67friendlyfriendlyADJDegree=Pos68 Dakotasamod
68DakotasDakotasPROPNNumber=Sing64 landnmod
69..PUNCT_25 burnpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tossinfinitivethe cold winds of winter returnvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2burnfuturethe white robes of the prairies and the fire of the White Chiefawind's lodgeat the Meeting Watersvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lodge=Location
3comepresentthe white robes of the prairies and the fire of the White Chief not said herethe chief of the suns of the Morning and Many moonsagainfrom the Sunrisevn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chief=Theme
4remainfuturewind's huntersthe chief of the suns of the Morning and Many moons not said herethe land of the friendly Dakotasvn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chief=Attribute
5windwinter returnnom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
6firethe White Chiefnom fire «event 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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