Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 43

The swift west-wind sang in the sails, and on flew the boat like a Sea-Gull, By the green, templed hills and the dales, and the dark rugged rocks of the North Shore; For the course of the brave Frenchman lay to his fort at the Gáh-mah-na-ték-wáhk, [83] By the shore of the grand Thunder Bay, where the gray rocks loom up into mountains; Where the Stone Giant sleeps on the Cape, and the god of the storms makes the thunder, [83] And the Makinak [83] lifts his huge shape from the breast of the blue-rolling waters, And thence to the south-westward led his course to the Holy Ghost Mission.

Who acts: swift west wind, dark, gray rocks, Stone Giant sleeps, Makinak · What happens: sing, fly, rug, lie, loom up, make · To what, where: sails, boat, rocks, 83, na ték wáhk, mountains

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 (swift west wind, dark, gray rocks, Stone Giant sleeps), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
2	swift	swift	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wind	amod
3	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wind	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 west	punct
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sang	nsubj
6	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sails	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sails	det
9	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sang	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 flew	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 flew	cc
12	on	on	SCONJ	_	13 flew	mark
13	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sang	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 boat	det
15	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flew	obj
16	like	like	ADP	_	20 Gull	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 Gull	det
18	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Gull	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 Sea	punct
20	Gull	Gull	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 boat	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 hills	punct
22	By	by	ADP	_	27 hills	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 hills	det
24	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 hills	amod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 green	punct
26	templed	templed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 hills	amod
27	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 flew	obl
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 dales	cc
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 dales	det
30	dales	dale	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 hills	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 rugged	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 rugged	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 dark	det
34	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 rugged	nsubj
35	rugged	rug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 flew	conj
36	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 rugged	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	40 Shore	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 Shore	det
39	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 Shore	compound
40	Shore	Shore	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 rocks	nmod
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 lay	punct
42	For	for	ADP	_	44 course	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 course	det
44	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 lay	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	48 Frenchman	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Frenchman	det
47	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 Frenchman	amod
48	Frenchman	frenchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 course	nmod
49	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sang	parataxis
50	to	to	ADP	_	52 fort	case
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 fort	nmod:poss
52	fort	fort	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 lay	obl
53	at	at	ADP	_	63 wáhk	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 wáhk	det
55	Gáh	Gáh	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 mah	compound
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 Gáh	punct
57	mah	mah	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 wáhk	nsubj
58	-	-	PUNCT	_	57 mah	punct
59	na	na	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 wáhk	compound
60	-	-	PUNCT	_	61 ték	punct
61	ték	ték	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 wáhk	compound
62	-	-	PUNCT	_	61 ték	punct
63	wáhk	wáhk	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 lay	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 83	punct
65	[	[	PUNCT	_	66 83	punct
66	83	83	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	49 lay	obl
67	]	]	PUNCT	_	66 83	punct
68	By	by	ADP	_	70 shore	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 shore	det
70	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 lay	obl
71	of	of	ADP	_	75 Bay	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 Bay	det
73	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 Bay	amod
74	Thunder	Thunder	PROPN	Number=Sing	75 Bay	compound
75	Bay	Bay	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 shore	nmod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 loom	punct
77	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	81 loom	advmod
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 rocks	det
79	gray	gray	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 rocks	compound
80	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 loom	nsubj
81	loom	loom	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 lay	parataxis
82	up	up	ADP	_	81 loom	compound:prt
83	into	into	ADP	_	84 mountains	case
84	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 loom	obl
85	;	;	PUNCT	_	101 makes	punct
86	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	101 makes	advmod
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 sleeps	det
88	Stone	Stone	PROPN	Number=Sing	90 sleeps	compound
89	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	90 sleeps	amod
90	sleeps	sleep	NOUN	Number=Plur	101 makes	nsubj
91	on	on	ADP	_	93 Cape	case
92	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	93 Cape	det
93	Cape	Cape	PROPN	Number=Sing	90 sleeps	nmod
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	97 god	punct
95	and	and	CCONJ	_	97 god	cc
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	97 god	det
97	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 Cape	appos
98	of	of	ADP	_	100 storms	case
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 storms	det
100	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	97 god	nmod
101	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	81 loom	parataxis
102	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	103 thunder	det
103	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 makes	obj
104	,	,	PUNCT	_	106 83	punct
105	[	[	PUNCT	_	106 83	punct
106	83	83	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	103 thunder	appos
107	]	]	PUNCT	_	106 83	punct
108	And	and	CCONJ	_	114 lifts	cc
109	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	110 Makinak	det
110	Makinak	Makinak	PROPN	Number=Sing	114 lifts	nsubj
111	[	[	PUNCT	_	112 83	punct
112	83	83	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	110 Makinak	appos
113	]	]	PUNCT	_	112 83	punct
114	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	101 makes	conj
115	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	117 shape	nmod:poss
116	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	117 shape	amod
117	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 lifts	obj
118	from	from	ADP	_	120 breast	case
119	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	120 breast	det
120	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 lifts	obl
121	of	of	ADP	_	126 waters	case
122	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	126 waters	det
123	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	125 rolling	amod
124	-	-	PUNCT	_	123 blue	punct
125	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	126 waters	amod
126	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	120 breast	nmod
127	,	,	PUNCT	_	135 led	punct
128	And	and	CCONJ	_	135 led	cc
129	thence	thence	ADV	_	135 led	advmod
130	to	to	ADP	_	134 westward	case
131	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	134 westward	det
132	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	134 westward	compound
133	-	-	PUNCT	_	132 south	punct
134	westward	westward	NOUN	Number=Sing	135 led	obl
135	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 lay	conj
136	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	137 course	nmod:poss
137	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	135 led	obj
138	to	to	ADP	_	142 Mission	case
139	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	142 Mission	det
140	Holy	Holy	PROPN	_	142 Mission	compound
141	Ghost	Ghost	PROPN	Number=Sing	142 Mission	compound
142	Mission	Mission	PROPN	Number=Sing	135 led	obl
143	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sang	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the swift west wind		the sails		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sail=Location
2	fly	past		the boat		like a Sea Gull; by the green templed hills and the dales	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme by hill=Location
3	rug	past	the dark	rocks of the North Shore			tree rules
4	lie	past		83	the na ték wáhk Gáh mah	for the course of the brave Frenchman; to dark's fort; by the shore of the grand Thunder Bay	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at wáhk=Location
5	loom up	present	the gray rocks		mountains		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	make	present	the Stone Giant sleeps on the Cape	the thunder			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thunder=Product
7	lift	present	the Makinak	dark's huge shape	the breast of the rolling waters		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shape=Theme from breast=Destination
8	roll	gerund					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	lead	past		dark's course	the south westward	to the Holy Ghost Mission; thence property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent course=Theme to westward=Destination

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 43

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 43