Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 93

Side by side, neck and neck, for a mile, still they strain their strong arms to the utmost, Till rounding a willowy isle, now ahead creeps the boat of Tamdóka, And the neighboring forests profound, and the far-stretching plain of the meadows To the whoop of the victors resound, while the panting French rest on their paddles.

Who acts: oars, stretching plain · What happens: strain, round, creep, neighbor, stretch, resound · To what, where: strong arms, willowy isle, boat, French rest, paddles, neck

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 (oars, stretching plain), 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	Side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 neck	nsubj
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 side	case
3	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Side	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 neck	punct
5	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 neck	cc
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 neck	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mile	punct
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 mile	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 mile	det
11	mile	mile	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 neck	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 strain	punct
13	still	still	ADV	_	15 strain	advmod
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 strain	nsubj
15	strain	strain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 neck	parataxis
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 arms	nmod:poss
17	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 arms	amod
18	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 strain	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 utmost	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 utmost	det
21	utmost	utmost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 strain	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 rounding	punct
23	Till	till	SCONJ	_	24 rounding	mark
24	rounding	round	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 strain	advcl
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 isle	det
26	willowy	willowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 isle	amod
27	isle	isle	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 rounding	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 creeps	punct
29	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	31 creeps	advmod
30	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	31 creeps	advmod
31	creeps	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 rounding	conj
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 boat	det
33	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 creeps	obj
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 Tamdóka	case
35	Tamdóka	Tamdóka	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 boat	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 profound	punct
37	And	and	CCONJ	_	41 profound	cc
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 forests	det
39	neighboring	neighbor	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	40 forests	amod
40	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 profound	compound
41	profound	profound	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 creeps	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 resound	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 resound	cc
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 plain	det
45	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 stretching	amod
46	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 far	punct
47	stretching	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	48 plain	amod
48	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 resound	nsubj
49	of	of	ADP	_	51 meadows	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 meadows	det
51	meadows	meadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 plain	nmod
52	To	to	ADP	_	54 whoop	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 whoop	det
54	whoop	whoop	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 meadows	nmod
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 victors	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 victors	det
57	victors	victor	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 whoop	nmod
58	resound	resound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 strain	conj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 panting	punct
60	while	while	SCONJ	_	62 panting	mark
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 panting	det
62	panting	pant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 resound	advcl
63	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 rest	amod
64	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 panting	obj
65	on	on	ADP	_	67 paddles	case
66	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 paddles	nmod:poss
67	paddles	paddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 panting	obl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 neck	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strain	present	oars = oar	oars's strong arms		still	to the utmost	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent arm=Source
2	round	gerund	oars = oar not said here	a willowy isle				vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent isle=Patient
3	creep	present	oars = oar not said here	the boat of Tamdóka		now	forests profound obl; ahead property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location boat=Theme
4	neighbor	gerund						vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
5	stretch	gerund						vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	resound	infinitive	the stretching plain of the meadows to the whoop of the victors					vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	pant	gerund	the stretching plain of the meadows to the whoop of the victors not said here	French rest	oars's paddles			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Topic
9	whoop			the victors				nom whoop «communication 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 93

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 93