Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 96

And one is the camp of DuLuth, and the other the camp of Tamdóka, But few are the jests and uncouth of the _voyageurs_ over their supper, While moody and silent the braves round their fire in a circle sit crouching; And low is the whisper of leaves and the sough of the wind in the branches; And low is the long-winding howl of the lone wolf afar in the forest; But shrill is the hoot of the owl, like a bugle blast blown in the pine-tops, And the half-startled _voyageurs_ scowl at the sudden and saucy intruder.

Who acts: jests, moody braves, shrill, half · What happens: be, sit, crouch, wind, blow, startle · To what, where: one camp, supper, low whisper, winding howl, hoot, bugle blast

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 (jests, moody braves, shrill, half), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 camp	cc
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 camp	nummod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 camp	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 camp	det
5	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 DuLuth	case
7	DuLuth	DuLuth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 camp	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 camp	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 camp	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 other	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 camp	amod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 camp	det
13	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 camp	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Tamdóka	case
15	Tamdóka	Tamdóka	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 camp	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 few	punct
17	But	but	CCONJ	_	18 few	cc
18	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 camp	conj
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 few	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 jests	det
21	jests	jest	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 few	nsubj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 uncouth	cc
23	uncouth	uncouth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 few	conj
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 voyageurs	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 voyageurs	det
26	_	_	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 voyageurs	amod
27	voyageurs	voyageur	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 uncouth	obl
28	_	_	PUNCT	_	18 few	punct
29	over	over	ADP	_	31 supper	case
30	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 supper	nmod:poss
31	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 few	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 sit	punct
33	While	while	SCONJ	_	45 sit	mark
34	moody	moody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 braves	amod
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 silent	cc
36	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 moody	conj
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 braves	det
38	braves	brave	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 sit	nsubj
39	round	round	ADP	_	41 fire	case
40	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 fire	nmod:poss
41	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 braves	nmod
42	in	in	ADP	_	44 circle	case
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 circle	det
44	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 fire	nmod
45	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 few	parataxis
46	crouching	crouch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	45 sit	xcomp
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 whisper	punct
48	And	and	CCONJ	_	52 whisper	cc
49	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 whisper	amod
50	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	52 whisper	cop
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 whisper	det
52	whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 few	conj
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 leaves	case
54	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 whisper	nmod
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 sough	cc
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 sough	det
57	sough	sough	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 leaves	conj
58	of	of	ADP	_	60 wind	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 wind	det
60	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 sough	nmod
61	in	in	ADP	_	63 branches	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 branches	det
63	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 wind	nmod
64	;	;	PUNCT	_	72 howl	punct
65	And	and	CCONJ	_	72 howl	cc
66	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	72 howl	advmod
67	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 howl	cop
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 howl	det
69	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 winding	amod
70	-	-	PUNCT	_	69 long	punct
71	winding	wind	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	72 howl	amod
72	howl	howl	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 few	parataxis
73	of	of	ADP	_	77 afar	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 afar	det
75	lone	lone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 afar	amod
76	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 afar	compound
77	afar	afar	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 howl	nmod
78	in	in	ADP	_	80 forest	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 forest	det
80	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 afar	nmod
81	;	;	PUNCT	_	86 hoot	punct
82	But	but	CCONJ	_	86 hoot	cc
83	shrill	shrill	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 hoot	nsubj
84	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	86 hoot	cop
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 hoot	det
86	hoot	hoot	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 howl	conj
87	of	of	ADP	_	89 owl	case
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 owl	det
89	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 hoot	nmod
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 blast	punct
91	like	like	ADP	_	94 blast	case
92	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	94 blast	det
93	bugle	bugle	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 blast	compound
94	blast	blast	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 hoot	conj
95	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	94 blast	acl
96	in	in	ADP	_	100 tops	case
97	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 tops	det
98	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 tops	compound
99	-	-	PUNCT	_	98 pine	punct
100	tops	top	NOUN	Number=Plur	95 blown	obl
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	106 startled	punct
102	And	and	CCONJ	_	106 startled	cc
103	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	104 half	det
104	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	106 startled	nsubj
105	-	-	PUNCT	_	104 half	punct
106	startled	startle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	86 hoot	parataxis
107	_	_	PUNCT	_	108 voyageurs	punct
108	voyageurs	voyageur	NOUN	Number=Plur	106 startled	obj
109	_	_	PUNCT	_	110 scowl	punct
110	scowl	scowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	108 voyageurs	conj
111	at	at	ADP	_	116 intruder	case
112	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	116 intruder	det
113	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	116 intruder	amod
114	and	and	CCONJ	_	115 saucy	cc
115	saucy	saucy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	113 sudden	conj
116	intruder	intruder	NOUN	Number=Sing	106 startled	obl
117	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 camp	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the one camp		of DuLuth; the other camp of Tamdóka appos	tree rules
2	is	present	the jests		jests's supper	few property	tree rules
3	be		the jests not said here			of the _ voyageurs	tree rules
4	sit	present	the moody braves round jests's fire in a circle				tree rules
5	crouch	gerund	the moody braves round jests's fire in a circle not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	is a	present	the jests not said here	the low whisper		of leaves and the sough of the wind in the branches	tree rules
7	wind	gerund					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
8	is a	present		the winding howl but the hoot and a bugle blast		of the lone wolf afar in the forest; low property	tree rules
9	is a	present	shrill	the hoot and a bugle blast		of the owl; a bugle blast conj	tree rules
10	blow	participle		a bugle blast not said here	the pine tops		vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
11	startle	participle	the half	voyageurs and scowl	the sudden intruder		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus voyageur=Experiencer
12	fire		jests = jest		a circle		nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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 96

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 96