Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 90

Like two flying coursers that strain, on the track, neck and neck, on the home-stretch, With nostrils distended, and mane froth-flecked, and the neck and the shoulders, Each urged to his best by the cry and the whip and the rein of his rider, Now they skim o'er the waters and fly, side by side, neck and neck, through the meadows.

Who acts: two flying coursers, Each, cry · What happens: fly, strain, distend, fleck, urge, skim · To what, where: track, nostrils, mane, side, meadows

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 (two flying coursers, Each, cry), 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	Like	like	ADP	_	4 coursers	case
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 coursers	nummod
3	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 coursers	amod
4	coursers	courser	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 strain	nsubj
6	strain	strain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 coursers	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 track	punct
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 track	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 track	det
10	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strain	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 neck	punct
12	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 track	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 neck	cc
14	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 track	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 stretch	punct
16	on	on	ADP	_	20 stretch	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 stretch	det
18	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stretch	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 home	punct
20	stretch	stretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strain	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 nostrils	punct
22	With	with	ADP	_	23 nostrils	case
23	nostrils	nostril	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 stretch	nmod
24	distended	distend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 nostrils	acl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 flecked	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 flecked	cc
27	mane	mane	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 flecked	nsubj:pass
28	froth	froth	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 flecked	compound
29	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 froth	punct
30	flecked	fleck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 coursers	acl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 neck	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 neck	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 neck	det
34	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 flecked	obl
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 shoulders	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 shoulders	det
37	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 neck	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 urged	punct
39	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	40 urged	nsubj
40	urged	urge	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 neck	conj
41	to	to	ADP	_	43 best	case
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 best	nmod:poss
43	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	40 urged	obl
44	by	by	ADP	_	46 cry	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 cry	det
46	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 best	obl
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 whip	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 whip	det
49	whip	whip	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 cry	conj
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 rein	cc
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 rein	det
52	rein	rein	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 cry	conj
53	of	of	ADP	_	55 rider	case
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 rider	nmod:poss
55	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 rein	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 skim	punct
57	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	59 skim	advmod
58	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 skim	nsubj
59	skim	skim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 urged	parataxis
60	o'er	o'er	ADP	_	62 waters	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 waters	det
62	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 skim	obl
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 fly	cc
64	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 skim	conj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 side	punct
66	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 fly	obl
67	by	by	ADP	_	68 side	case
68	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 side	nmod
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 neck	punct
70	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 side	appos
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 neck	cc
72	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 neck	conj
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 meadows	punct
74	through	through	ADP	_	76 meadows	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 meadows	det
76	meadows	meadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 fly	obl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 coursers	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	strain	present	two flying coursers		the track and neck and neck		on the home stretch with nostrils	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent
3	distend	participle		nostrils not said here				vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	fleck	participle · passive	two flying coursers not said here	mane			the neck and the shoulders obl; froth compound	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
5	urge	past	Each				to necklet's best by the cry and the whip and the rein of necklet's rider	vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	skim	present	cry			now	o'er the waters	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent
7	fly	infinitive	cry not said here	side by side	the meadows			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through meadow=Location

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 90

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 90