Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 25
A generous man was the Chief and a friend of the fearless explorer; And dark was his visage with grief at the treacherous act of the warriors. "
Who acts: generous man, warriors · What happens: be, act · To what, where: Chief, visage, treacherous act
This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (generous man, warriors), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | generous | generous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 visage | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 Chief | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Chief | det |
| 6 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 man | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 friend | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 friend | det |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Chief | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 explorer | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 explorer | det |
| 12 | fearless | fearless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 explorer | amod |
| 13 | explorer | explorer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 friend | nmod |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 dark | punct |
| 15 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 dark | cc |
| 16 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | acl:relcl |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 visage | cop |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 visage | nmod:poss |
| 19 | visage | visage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 grief | case |
| 21 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 visage | nmod |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 act | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 act | det |
| 24 | treacherous | treacherous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 act | amod |
| 25 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 visage | nmod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 warriors | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 warriors | det |
| 28 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 act | nmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 visage | punct |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 visage | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Chief and a friend of the fearless explorer | a friend of the fearless explorer conj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | a generous man | friend's visage | the treacherous act of the warriors | with grief; friend nmod:poss | tree rules | ||
| 3 | act | the warriors | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
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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