Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 101

Far away --to the land of the sunrise--she wandered; On the blue rolling Tánka Medé, [a] in the midst of her dreams, she beheld him-- In his white-winged canoe, like a bird, to the land of Dakotas returning; And often in fancy she heard the dip of his oars on the river.

Who acts: Winona, Dakotas · What happens: wander, roll, behold, wing, return, hear · To what, where: Tánka, winged canoe, dip, fancy

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 (Winona, Dakotas), 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	Far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 away	advmod
2	away	away	ADV	_	root	root
3	--	--	PUNCT	_	2 away	punct
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 land	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 land	det
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 away	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sunrise	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sunrise	det
9	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 land	nmod
10	--	--	PUNCT	_	12 wandered	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wandered	nsubj
12	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 away	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 blue	punct
14	On	on	ADP	_	16 blue	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 blue	det
16	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wandered	parataxis
17	rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 blue	advcl
18	Tánka	Tánka	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 rolling	obj
19	Medé	Medé	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Tánka	flat
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 ]	punct
21	[	[	PUNCT	_	23 ]	punct
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 ]	det
23	]	]	PUNCT	_	18 Tánka	punct
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 midst	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 midst	det
26	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 ]	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 dreams	case
28	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 dreams	nmod:poss
29	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 midst	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 beheld	punct
31	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 beheld	nsubj
32	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 dreams	acl:relcl
33	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 beheld	obj
34	--	--	PUNCT	_	40 canoe	punct
35	In	in	ADP	_	40 canoe	case
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 canoe	nmod:poss
37	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 winged	compound
38	-	-	PUNCT	_	37 white	punct
39	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 canoe	amod
40	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 beheld	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 bird	punct
42	like	like	ADP	_	44 bird	case
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 bird	det
44	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 canoe	conj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 land	punct
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 land	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 land	det
48	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 beheld	obl
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 Dakotas	case
50	Dakotas	dakota	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 land	nmod
51	returning	return	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	50 Dakotas	acl
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 heard	punct
53	And	and	CCONJ	_	58 heard	cc
54	often	often	ADV	_	58 heard	advmod
55	in	in	ADP	_	56 fancy	case
56	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 heard	obl
57	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 heard	nsubj
58	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 beheld	conj
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 dip	det
60	dip	dip	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 heard	obj
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 oars	case
62	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 oars	nmod:poss
63	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 dip	nmod
64	on	on	ADP	_	66 river	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 river	det
66	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 heard	obl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 away	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wander	past	Winona				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	roll	gerund	Winona not said here	Tánka			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tánka=Agent
3	behold	past	Winona	Tánka	Tánka's winged canoe and a bird	to the land of Dakotas	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
4	wing	participle					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
5	return	gerund	Dakotas not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	hear	past	Winona	the dip of Tánka's oars	fancy	on the river; often property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer dip=Stimulus
8	dream		Winona				nom dream «cognition 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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 101

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 101