Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 100
As the thought of a loved one and lost, sad and sweet were her thoughts of the White Chief; In the moon's mellow light, like a ghost, walked Winona alone by the Ha-ha, Ever wrapped in a dream.
Who acts: moon · What happens: love, lose, be, walk, wrap, think · To what, where: sad thoughts, Winona, dream, loved one
This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moon), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 thought | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 thought | det |
| 3 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 one | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 6 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thought | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 lost | cc |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 one | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sad | punct |
| 11 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 thoughts | amod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sweet | cc |
| 13 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sad | conj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 thoughts | cop |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 thoughts | nmod:poss |
| 16 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 thought | conj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Chief | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Chief | det |
| 19 | White | White | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Chief | compound |
| 20 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 thoughts | nmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 light | punct |
| 22 | In | in | ADP | _ | 27 light | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 moon | det |
| 24 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 light | nmod:poss |
| 25 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 24 moon | case |
| 26 | mellow | mellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 light | amod |
| 27 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thought | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 ghost | punct |
| 29 | like | like | ADP | _ | 31 ghost | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 ghost | det |
| 31 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 light | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 walked | punct |
| 33 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 light | parataxis |
| 34 | Winona | Winona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 walked | obj |
| 35 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 33 walked | advmod |
| 36 | by | by | ADP | _ | 38 Ha | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Ha | det |
| 38 | Ha | Ha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 walked | obl |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 ha | punct |
| 40 | ha | ha | INTJ | _ | 38 Ha | discourse |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 wrapped | punct |
| 42 | Ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 43 wrapped | advmod |
| 43 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 light | parataxis |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 dream | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 dream | det |
| 46 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 wrapped | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | participle | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is a | past | star's sad thoughts | of the White Chief; star nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | walk | past | Winona | by the Ha; alone property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent winona=Theme by ha=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | wrap | participle | a dream | ever | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in dream=Destination | ||||
| 7 | think | a loved one | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | light | the moon | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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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