Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 130

In the Spring-time of life, in the flush of the gladsome mid-May days of Summer, When the bobolink sang and the thrush, and the red robin chirped in the branches, To the tent of the brave must she go; she must kindle the fire in his tepee; She must sit in the lodge of her foe, as a slave at the feet of her master.

Who acts: bobolink, red robin · What happens: sing, chirp, go, kindle, sit · To what, where: tent, branches, fire, tepee, lodge

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 (bobolink, red robin), 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	In	in	ADP	_	5 time	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 time	det
3	Spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 Spring	punct
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 kindle	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 life	case
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 flush	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 flush	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 flush	det
11	flush	flush	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 days	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 days	det
14	gladsome	gladsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 days	amod
15	mid-May	mid-May	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 days	compound
16	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 flush	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Summer	case
18	Summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 days	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 sang	punct
20	When	when	SCONJ	_	23 sang	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bobolink	det
22	bobolink	bobolink	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sang	nsubj
23	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 flush	parataxis
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 thrush	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 thrush	det
26	thrush	thrush	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sang	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 chirped	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 chirped	cc
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 robin	det
30	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 robin	amod
31	robin	robin	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 chirped	nsubj
32	chirped	chirp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 sang	conj
33	in	in	ADP	_	35 branches	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 branches	det
35	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 chirped	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 tent	punct
37	To	to	ADP	_	39 tent	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 tent	det
39	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 chirped	obl
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 brave	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 brave	det
42	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 go	advcl
43	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 go	aux
44	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 go	nsubj
45	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 tent	acl:relcl
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 time	punct
47	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 kindle	nsubj
48	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 kindle	aux
49	kindle	kindle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 fire	det
51	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 kindle	obj
52	in	in	ADP	_	54 tepee	case
53	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	54 tepee	nmod:poss
54	tepee	tepee	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 kindle	obl
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	58 sit	punct
56	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 sit	nsubj
57	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 sit	aux
58	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 kindle	conj
59	in	in	ADP	_	61 lodge	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 lodge	det
61	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 sit	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	64 foe	case
63	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 foe	nmod:poss
64	foe	foe	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 lodge	nmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 slave	punct
66	as	as	ADP	_	68 slave	case
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 slave	det
68	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 sit	obl
69	at	at	ADP	_	71 feet	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 feet	det
71	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 slave	nmod
72	of	of	ADP	_	74 master	case
73	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	74 master	nmod:poss
74	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 feet	nmod
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	49 kindle	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	the bobolink					the thrush conj	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	chirp	participle	the red robin		the tent	the branches			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to tent=Recipient
3	go	must	bobolink	the tent not said here					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tent=Theme
4	kindle	must	bobolink	the fire		robin's tepee	time		vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient
5	sit	must	bobolink			the lodge of bobolink's foe		as a slave at the feet of bobolink's master	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lodge=Location

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 130

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 130