Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 57

The wild-rice is gathered and ripe, on the moors, lie the scarlet po-pán-ka; [a] Michabo [85] is smoking his pipe, --'tis the soft, dreamy Indian Summer, When the god of the South as he flies from Wazíya, the god of the Winter, For a time turns his beautiful eyes, and backward looks over his shoulder.

Who acts: gathered moors, Michabo · What happens: gather, lie, smoke, fly, turn, look · To what, where: wild rice, scarlet pán ka, pipe, Wazíya, beautiful eyes

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 (gathered moors, Michabo), 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	4 rice	det
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rice	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 wild	punct
4	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gathered	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gathered	aux:pass
6	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 moors	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ripe	cc
8	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gathered	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 moors	punct
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 moors	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moors	det
12	moors	moor	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 lie	nsubj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 moors	punct
14	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ka	det
16	scarlet	scarlet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 ka	amod
17	po	po	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pán	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 po	punct
19	pán	pán	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 ka	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 pán	punct
21	ka	ka	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 lie	obl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 smoking	punct
23	[	[	PUNCT	_	31 smoking	punct
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 Michabo	det
25	]	]	PUNCT	_	26 Michabo	punct
26	Michabo	Michabo	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 smoking	nsubj
27	[	[	PUNCT	_	28 85	punct
28	85	85	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	26 Michabo	appos
29	]	]	PUNCT	_	28 85	punct
30	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 smoking	aux
31	smoking	smoke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 lie	advcl
32	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 pipe	nmod:poss
33	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 smoking	obj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 Summer	punct
35	--	--	PUNCT	_	43 Summer	punct
36	'	'	PUNCT	_	43 Summer	punct
37	tis	tis	ADP	_	43 Summer	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 Summer	det
39	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 Summer	amod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 soft	punct
41	dreamy	dreamy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 Summer	amod
42	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 Summer	amod
43	Summer	Summer	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 smoking	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 god	punct
45	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	47 god	advmod
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 god	det
47	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 Summer	appos
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 South	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 South	det
50	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 god	nmod
51	as	as	SCONJ	_	53 flies	mark
52	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 flies	nsubj
53	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 god	advcl
54	from	from	ADP	_	55 Wazíya	case
55	Wazíya	Wazíya	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 flies	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 god	punct
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 god	det
58	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 Wazíya	appos
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 Winter	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 Winter	det
61	Winter	Winter	PROPN	Number=Sing	58 god	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 turns	punct
63	For	for	ADP	_	65 time	case
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 time	det
65	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 turns	obl
66	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 flies	conj
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 eyes	nmod:poss
68	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 eyes	amod
69	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 turns	obj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 looks	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 looks	cc
72	backward	backward	ADV	_	73 looks	advmod
73	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	66 turns	conj
74	over	over	ADP	_	76 shoulder	case
75	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	76 shoulder	nmod:poss
76	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 looks	obl
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 lie	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	present · passive		the wild rice				vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	lie	present	the gathered moors	the scarlet pán ka				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	smoke	present · progressive	a Michabo	Michabo's pipe			tis the soft dreamy Indian Summer	vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pipe=Source
4	fly	present	Michabo		Wazíya			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wazíya=Trajectory
5	turn	present	Michabo not said here	Michabo's beautiful eyes		time		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
6	look	present	Michabo not said here				over Michabo's shoulder; backward property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over shoulder=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 57

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 57