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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 toss | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 winds | det |
| 3 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 winds | amod |
| 4 | winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 toss | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 return | case |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 return | compound |
| 7 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 winds | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 toss | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 toss | cc |
| 10 | toss | toss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 burn | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 robes | det |
| 12 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 robes | amod |
| 13 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 burn | nsubj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 prairies | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 prairies | det |
| 16 | prairies | prairie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 robes | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 fire | punct |
| 18 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 fire | det |
| 19 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 prairies | conj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Chief | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Chief | det |
| 22 | White | White | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Chief | compound |
| 23 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 fire | nmod |
| 24 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 burn | aux |
| 25 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 lodge | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 lodge | nmod:poss |
| 28 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 burn | obl |
| 29 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 Waters | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Waters | det |
| 31 | Meeting | Meeting | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Waters | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 Waters | punct |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Waters | case |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 of | punct |
| 35 | Waters | Water | PROPN | Number=Plur | 25 burn | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 a | punct |
| 37 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 38 a | punct |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 burn | obl |
| 39 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 38 a | punct |
| 40 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 comes | cc |
| 41 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 46 comes | mark |
| 42 | from | from | ADP | _ | 44 Sunrise | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Sunrise | det |
| 44 | Sunrise | Sunrise | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 comes | obl |
| 45 | again | again | ADV | _ | 46 comes | advmod |
| 46 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 a | conj |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 chief | det |
| 48 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 comes | obj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 suns | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 suns | det |
| 51 | suns | sun | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 chief | nmod |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 Morning | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 Morning | det |
| 54 | Morning | Morning | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 suns | nmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 moons | punct |
| 56 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 moons | amod |
| 57 | moons | moon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 chief | conj |
| 58 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 61 remain | aux |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 hunters | nmod:poss |
| 60 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 remain | nsubj |
| 61 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 chief | acl:relcl |
| 62 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 land | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 land | det |
| 64 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 remain | obl |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 Dakotas | case |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 Dakotas | det |
| 67 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 Dakotas | amod |
| 68 | Dakotas | Dakotas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 land | nmod |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 burn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | toss | infinitive | the cold winds of winter return | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | burn | future | the white robes of the prairies and the fire of the White Chief | a | wind's lodge | at the Meeting Waters | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lodge=Location | ||
| 3 | come | present | the white robes of the prairies and the fire of the White Chief not said here | the chief of the suns of the Morning and Many moons | again | from the Sunrise | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chief=Theme | ||
| 4 | remain | future | wind's hunters | the chief of the suns of the Morning and Many moons not said here | the land of the friendly Dakotas | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chief=Attribute | |||
| 5 | wind | winter return | nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | fire | the White Chief | nom 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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