Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 38

All safe at the foot of the trail, where they left it, they found their felucca, And soon to the wind spread the sail, and glided at ease through the waters, Through the meadows and lakelets and forth, round the point stretching south like a finger, From the mist-wreathen hill on the north, sloping down to the bay and the lake-side And behold, at the foot of the hill, a cluster of Chippewa wigwams, And the busy wives plying with skill their nets in the emerald waters.

Who acts: feet, point, busy wives · What happens: leave, find, spread, glide, round, stretch · To what, where: trail, felucca, sail, ease, point, wreathen hill

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 (feet, point, busy wives), 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	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 safe	det
2	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 foot	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 foot	det
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 safe	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 trail	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trail	det
8	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 foot	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 left	punct
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 left	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 left	nsubj
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 trail	acl:relcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 left	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 found	punct
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 found	nsubj
16	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 left	conj
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 felucca	nmod:poss
18	felucca	felucca	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 found	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 spread	punct
20	And	and	CCONJ	_	25 spread	cc
21	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	25 spread	advmod
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 wind	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 wind	det
24	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 spread	obl
25	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 found	conj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 sail	det
27	sail	sail	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 spread	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 glided	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 glided	cc
30	glided	glide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 found	conj
31	at	at	ADP	_	32 ease	case
32	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 glided	obl
33	through	through	ADP	_	35 waters	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 waters	det
35	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 glided	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 meadows	punct
37	Through	through	ADP	_	39 meadows	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 meadows	det
39	meadows	meadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 glided	obl
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 lakelets	cc
41	lakelets	lakelet	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 meadows	conj
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 forth	cc
43	forth	forth	ADV	_	39 meadows	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 round	punct
45	round	round	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	30 glided	parataxis
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 point	det
47	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 round	obj
48	stretching	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	47 point	acl
49	south	south	ADV	_	48 stretching	advmod
50	like	like	ADP	_	52 finger	case
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 finger	det
52	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 stretching	obl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 hill	punct
54	From	from	ADP	_	59 hill	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 hill	det
56	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 wreathen	compound
57	-	-	PUNCT	_	56 mist	punct
58	wreathen	wreathen	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 hill	compound
59	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 stretching	obl
60	on	on	ADP	_	62 north	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 north	det
62	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 hill	nmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 sloping	punct
64	sloping	slope	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	48 stretching	conj
65	down	down	ADV	_	64 sloping	advmod
66	to	to	ADP	_	68 bay	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 bay	det
68	bay	bay	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 sloping	obl
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 side	cc
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 side	det
71	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 side	compound
72	-	-	PUNCT	_	71 lake	punct
73	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 bay	conj
74	And	and	CCONJ	_	75 behold	cc
75	behold	behold	INTJ	_	68 bay	conj
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 foot	punct
77	at	at	ADP	_	79 foot	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 foot	det
79	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 sloping	obl
80	of	of	ADP	_	82 hill	case
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 hill	det
82	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 foot	nmod
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 cluster	punct
84	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	85 cluster	det
85	cluster	cluster	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 foot	conj
86	of	of	ADP	_	88 wigwams	case
87	Chippewa	Chippewa	PROPN	Number=Sing	88 wigwams	compound
88	wigwams	wigwam	NOUN	Number=Plur	85 cluster	nmod
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 plying	punct
90	And	and	CCONJ	_	94 plying	cc
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	93 wives	det
92	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 wives	amod
93	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	94 plying	nsubj
94	plying	ply	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	45 round	advcl
95	with	with	ADP	_	96 skill	case
96	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 plying	obl
97	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	98 nets	nmod:poss
98	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	94 plying	obj
99	in	in	ADP	_	102 waters	case
100	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 waters	det
101	emerald	emerald	NOUN	Number=Sing	102 waters	compound
102	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	94 plying	obl
103	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 safe	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	past	feet = foot	trail			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	find	past	feet = foot	feet's felucca			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent felucca=Topic
3	spread	past	feet = foot not said here	the sail		to the wind; soon property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sail=Theme
4	glide	participle	feet = foot not said here		ease	through the waters; through the meadows and lakelets	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme at ease=Source through water=Trajectory through meadow=Destination
5	round	infinitive		the point			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent point=Patient
6	stretch	gerund	the point not said here		the wreathen hill on the north	like a finger; south property	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hill=Location
7	slope down	gerund	the point not said here		the foot of the hill and a cluster of Chippewa wigwams	to the bay and the lake side; down property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at foot=Location
8	ply	gerund	the busy wives	feet's nets	the emerald waters	with skill	vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent net=Recipient with skill=Theme

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 38

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 38