Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 55
Then he waved with a flag his adieu to the Chief and the warriors assembled; And away shot Tamdóka's canoe to the strokes of ten sinewy hunters; And a white path he clove up the blue, bubbling stream of the swift Mississippi; And away on his foaming trail flew, like a Sea-Gull the bark of the Frenchman.
Who acts: son, warriors, white path · What happens: wave, assemble, shoot, clove up, bubble, fly · To what, where: adieu, Chief, canoe, strokes, blue, stream
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 (son, warriors, white path), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 waved | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 waved | nsubj |
| 3 | waved | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 flag | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 flag | det |
| 6 | flag | flag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 waved | obl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 adieu | nmod:poss |
| 8 | adieu | adieu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 waved | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Chief | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Chief | det |
| 11 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 waved | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 assembled | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 warriors | det |
| 14 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 assembled | nsubj |
| 15 | assembled | assemble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 waved | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 shot | punct |
| 17 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 away | cc |
| 18 | away | away | ADV | _ | 19 shot | advmod |
| 19 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 waved | conj |
| 20 | Tamdóka | Tamdóka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 canoe | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 Tamdóka | case |
| 22 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 shot | obj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 strokes | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 strokes | det |
| 25 | strokes | stroke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 shot | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 hunters | case |
| 27 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 hunters | nummod |
| 28 | sinewy | sinewy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 hunters | amod |
| 29 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 strokes | nmod |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 clove | punct |
| 31 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 clove | cc |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 path | det |
| 33 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 path | amod |
| 34 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 clove | nsubj |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 clove | nsubj |
| 36 | clove | clove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 waved | conj |
| 37 | up | up | ADP | _ | 36 clove | compound:prt |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 blue | det |
| 39 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 clove | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 bubbling | punct |
| 41 | bubbling | bubble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 clove | advcl |
| 42 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 bubbling | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Mississippi | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Mississippi | det |
| 45 | swift | Swift | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Mississippi | compound |
| 46 | Mississippi | Mississippi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 stream | nmod |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 flew | punct |
| 48 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 away | cc |
| 49 | away | away | ADV | _ | 54 flew | advmod |
| 50 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 trail | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 trail | nmod:poss |
| 52 | foaming | foaming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 trail | compound |
| 53 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 flew | obl |
| 54 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 waved | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 Gull | punct |
| 56 | like | like | ADP | _ | 60 Gull | case |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 Gull | det |
| 58 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 Gull | compound |
| 59 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 58 Sea | punct |
| 60 | Gull | Gull | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 flew | obl |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 bark | det |
| 62 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 Gull | appos |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 Frenchman | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 Frenchman | det |
| 65 | Frenchman | frenchman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 bark | nmod |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 waved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | past | son | son's adieu | the Chief | then | with a flag | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent adieu=Theme to chief=Recipient | |
| 2 | assemble | past | the warriors | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | shoot | past | son not said here | Tamdóka's canoe | the strokes of ten sinewy hunters | away property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent canoe=Theme to stroke=Destination | ||
| 4 | clove up | past | a white path | the blue | son nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 5 | bubble | gerund | a white path not said here | stream of the swift Mississippi | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stream=Source | ||||
| 6 | fly | past | son not said here | son's foaming trail | like a Sea Gull; away property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on trail=Location | |||
| 7 | stroke | ten sinewy hunters | nom stroke «act 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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