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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 7

Low-crouching and shadowy forms, as still as the gray morning's footsteps, Creep sly as the serpent that charms, on her nest in the meadow, the plover; In the shadows of pine-trunks they creep, but their panther-eyes gleam in the fire-light, As they peer on the white men asleep, in the glow of the fire, on their blankets.

Who acts: Low forms, serpent, forms, panther eyes, eyes, fire · What happens: crouch, creep, charm, gleam, peer, shadow · To what, where: shadows, nest, pine trunks, fire light, white men, glow

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 (Low forms, serpent, forms, panther eyes), 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

amodpunctadvclccconjnsubjpunctadvmodadvmodcasedetamodnmod:posscaseconjpunctadvmodcasedetoblnsubjacl:relclpunctcasenmod:possoblcasedetnmodpunctdetconjpunctcasedetoblcasecompoundpunctnmodnsubjacl:relclpunctccnmod:posscompoundpunctnsubjparataxiscasedetcompoundpunctoblpunctmarknsubjconjcasedetamodobjamodpunctcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctcasenmod:possoblpunctrootLowADJ-PUNCTcrouchingVERBandCCONJshadowyADJformsNOUN,PUNCTasADVstillADVasADPtheDETgrayADJmorningNOUN'sPARTfootstepsNOUN,PUNCTCreepVERBslyADVasADPtheDETserpentNOUNthatPRONcharmsVERB,PUNCTonADPherPRONnestNOUNinADPtheDETmeadowNOUN,PUNCTtheDETploverNOUN;PUNCTInADPtheDETshadowsNOUNofADPpineNOUN-PUNCTtrunksNOUNtheyPRONcreepVERB,PUNCTbutCCONJtheirPRONpantherNOUN-PUNCTeyesNOUNgleamVERBinADPtheDETfireNOUN-PUNCTlightNOUN,PUNCTAsSCONJtheyPRONpeerVERBonADPtheDETwhiteADJmenNOUNasleepADJ,PUNCTinADPtheDETglowNOUNofADPtheDETfireNOUN,PUNCTonADPtheirPRONblanketsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LowlowADJDegree=Pos6 formsamod
2--PUNCT_1 Lowpunct
3crouchingcrouchVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Lowadvcl
4andandCCONJ_5 shadowycc
5shadowyshadowyADJDegree=Pos1 Lowconj
6formsformNOUNNumber=Plur17 Creepnsubj
7,,PUNCT_15 footstepspunct
8asasADV_9 stilladvmod
9stillstillADV_15 footstepsadvmod
10asasADP_15 footstepscase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 morningdet
12graygrayADJDegree=Pos13 morningamod
13morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing15 footstepsnmod:poss
14's'sPART_13 morningcase
15footstepsfootstepNOUNNumber=Plur6 formsconj
16,,PUNCT_6 formspunct
17CreepcreepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
18slyslyADV_17 Creepadvmod
19asasADP_21 serpentcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 serpentdet
21serpentserpentNOUNNumber=Sing17 Creepobl
22thatthatPRONPronType=Rel23 charmsnsubj
23charmscharmVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 serpentacl:relcl
24,,PUNCT_27 nestpunct
25ononADP_27 nestcase
26herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 nestnmod:poss
27nestnestNOUNNumber=Sing23 charmsobl
28ininADP_30 meadowcase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 meadowdet
30meadowmeadowNOUNNumber=Sing27 nestnmod
31,,PUNCT_33 ploverpunct
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 ploverdet
33ploverploverNOUNNumber=Sing30 meadowconj
34;;PUNCT_37 shadowspunct
35IninADP_37 shadowscase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 shadowsdet
37shadowsshadowNOUNNumber=Plur17 Creepobl
38ofofADP_41 trunkscase
39pinepineNOUNNumber=Sing41 trunkscompound
40--PUNCT_39 pinepunct
41trunkstrunkNOUNNumber=Plur37 shadowsnmod
42theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs43 creepnsubj
43creepcreepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin41 trunksacl:relcl
44,,PUNCT_50 gleampunct
45butbutCCONJ_50 gleamcc
46theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 eyesnmod:poss
47pantherpantherNOUNNumber=Sing49 eyescompound
48--PUNCT_47 pantherpunct
49eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur50 gleamnsubj
50gleamgleamVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 Creepparataxis
51ininADP_55 lightcase
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 lightdet
53firefireNOUNNumber=Sing55 lightcompound
54--PUNCT_53 firepunct
55lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing50 gleamobl
56,,PUNCT_59 peerpunct
57AsasSCONJ_59 peermark
58theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs59 peernsubj
59peerpeerVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin50 gleamconj
60ononADP_63 mencase
61thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art63 mendet
62whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos63 menamod
63menmanNOUNNumber=Plur59 peerobj
64asleepasleepADJDegree=Pos63 menamod
65,,PUNCT_68 glowpunct
66ininADP_68 glowcase
67thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art68 glowdet
68glowglowNOUNNumber=Sing59 peerobl
69ofofADP_71 firecase
70thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art71 firedet
71firefireNOUNNumber=Sing68 glownmod
72,,PUNCT_75 blanketspunct
73ononADP_75 blanketscase
74theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs75 blanketsnmod:poss
75blanketsblanketNOUNNumber=Plur59 peerobl
76..PUNCT_17 Creeppunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1crouchgerundLow forms and the gray morning's footsteps not said herevn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2creeppresentLow forms and the gray morning's footstepsthe shadows of pine trunksas the serpent; sly propertyvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shadow=Trajectory
3charmpresentthe serpentblaze's nest in the meadow and the plovervn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4creeppresentforms = formpine trunks not said herevn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location trunk=Theme
5gleampresentforms's panther eyesthe fire lightvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in light=Location
6peerpresenteyes = eyethe white menthe glow of the fireon forms's blanketstree rules
7shadowpine trunksnom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient
8glowthe firenom glow «state 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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