Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 33

Still onward they speed to the Dalles --to the roar of the white-rolling rapids, Where the dark river tumbles and falls down the ragged ravine of the mountains, And singing his wild jubilee to the low-moaning pines and the cedars, Rushes on to the unsalted sea o'er the ledges upheaved by volcanoes.

Who acts: Ojibways, dark river, rolling rapids · What happens: speed, roll, tumble, fall down, sing, moan · To what, where: ragged ravine, wild jubilee, moaning pines, ledges

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 (Ojibways, dark river, rolling rapids), 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	Still	still	ADV	_	4 speed	advmod
2	onward	onward	ADV	_	4 speed	advmod
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 speed	nsubj
4	speed	speed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Dalles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dalles	det
7	Dalles	Dalles	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 speed	obl
8	--	--	PUNCT	_	11 roar	punct
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 roar	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roar	det
11	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speed	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 rapids	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rapids	det
14	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 rolling	amod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 white	punct
16	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 rapids	amod
17	rapids	rapid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 roar	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 tumbles	punct
19	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	23 tumbles	advmod
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	23 tumbles	nsubj
23	tumbles	tumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 roar	parataxis
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 falls	cc
25	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 tumbles	conj
26	down	down	ADP	_	29 ravine	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 ravine	det
28	ragged	ragged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 ravine	amod
29	ravine	ravine	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 falls	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 mountains	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 mountains	det
32	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 ravine	nmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 singing	punct
34	And	and	CCONJ	_	35 singing	cc
35	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 speed	advcl
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 jubilee	nmod:poss
37	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 jubilee	amod
38	jubilee	jubilee	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 singing	obj
39	to	to	ADP	_	44 pines	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 pines	det
41	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 moaning	amod
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 low	punct
43	moaning	moan	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	44 pines	amod
44	pines	pine	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 singing	obl
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 cedars	cc
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 cedars	det
47	cedars	cedar	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 pines	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 Rushes	punct
49	Rushes	rush	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 pines	conj
50	on	on	ADV	_	49 Rushes	advmod
51	to	to	ADP	_	54 sea	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 sea	det
53	unsalted	unsalted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 sea	amod
54	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 singing	obl
55	o'er	o'er	ADP	_	57 ledges	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 ledges	det
57	ledges	ledge	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 singing	obl
58	upheaved	upheav	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 ledges	acl
59	by	by	ADP	_	60 volcanoes	case
60	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 upheaved	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 speed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	speed	present	Ojibways = ojibway			still	to the Dalles result; the roar of the rolling rapids parataxis; onward property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to dalles=Result
2	roll	gerund						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tumble	present	the dark river					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	fall down	present	the dark river not said here	the ragged ravine of the mountains				vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient ravine=Result
5	sing speech: express	gerund	Ojibways = ojibway not said here	Lake's wild jubilee	the moaning pines and the cedars and Rushes		to the unsalted sea; o'er the ledges	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent jubilee=Topic to pine=Recipient
6	moan	gerund						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	upheav	participle		the ledges not said here			by volcanoes	tree rules
8	roar		the rolling rapids					nom roar «event 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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 33

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 33