Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 94
With sable wings wide o'er the land, night sprinkles the dew of the heavens; And hard by the dark river's strand, in the midst of a tall, somber forest, Two camp-fires are lighted, and beam on the trunks and the arms of the pine-trees.
Who acts: night, tall somber forest · What happens: sprinkle, light · To what, where: dew, midst, Two camp fires
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 (night, tall somber forest), 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 wings | case |
| 2 | sable | sable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wings | amod |
| 3 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sprinkles | obl |
| 4 | wide | wide | ADV | _ | 3 wings | advmod |
| 5 | o'er | o'er | ADP | _ | 7 land | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 land | det |
| 7 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wide | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 wings | punct |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sprinkles | nsubj |
| 10 | sprinkles | sprinkle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 dew | det |
| 12 | dew | dew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sprinkles | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 heavens | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 heavens | det |
| 15 | heavens | heaven | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 dew | nmod |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 hard | punct |
| 17 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 hard | cc |
| 18 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sprinkles | conj |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 strand | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 river | det |
| 21 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 river | amod |
| 22 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 strand | nmod:poss |
| 23 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 22 river | case |
| 24 | strand | strand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 hard | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 midst | punct |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 midst | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 midst | det |
| 28 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sprinkles | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 forest | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 forest | det |
| 31 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 forest | amod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 tall | punct |
| 33 | somber | somber | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 forest | amod |
| 34 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 midst | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 lighted | punct |
| 36 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 fires | nummod |
| 37 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 fires | compound |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 camp | punct |
| 39 | fires | fire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 lighted | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 lighted | aux:pass |
| 41 | lighted | light | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 forest | acl:relcl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 beam | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 beam | cc |
| 44 | beam | beam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 lighted | obl |
| 45 | on | on | ADP | _ | 47 trunks | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 trunks | det |
| 47 | trunks | trunk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 beam | nmod |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 arms | cc |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 arms | det |
| 50 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 trunks | conj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 trees | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 trees | det |
| 53 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 trees | compound |
| 54 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 53 pine | punct |
| 55 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 arms | nmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 sprinkles | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sprinkle | present | night | the dew of the heavens | the midst of a tall somber forest | with sable wings | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dew=Theme in midst=Destination | ||
| 2 | light | present · passive | a tall somber forest not said here | Two camp fires | beam on the trunks and the arms of the pine trees obl | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |
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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