Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 45

O Christ of the White man," she prayed, "lead the feet of my brave to Kathága; Send a good spirit down to my aid, or the friend of the White Chief will perish."

Who acts: Christ, friend · What happens: pray, lead, send, perish · To what, where: feet, good spirit, aid

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 (Christ, friend), 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	O	o	INTJ	_	2 Christ	discourse
2	Christ	Christ	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 prayed	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 man	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Christ	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Christ	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 prayed	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 prayed	nsubj
10	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lead	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 lead	punct
13	lead	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 prayed	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 feet	det
15	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 lead	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 brave	case
17	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 brave	nmod:poss
18	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 feet	nmod
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 Kathága	case
20	Kathága	Kathága	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 brave	obl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 Send	punct
22	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 lead	parataxis
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 spirit	det
24	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 spirit	amod
25	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 Send	obj
26	down	down	ADV	_	22 Send	advmod
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 aid	case
28	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 aid	nmod:poss
29	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 Send	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 perish	punct
31	or	or	CCONJ	_	39 perish	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 friend	det
33	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 perish	nsubj
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 Chief	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 Chief	det
36	White	White	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 Chief	compound
37	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 friend	nmod
38	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 perish	aux
39	perish	perish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 Send	conj
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 prayed	punct
41	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 prayed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pray in a quote	past	Christ of the White man				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	lead	present	Christ of the White man not said here	the feet of my brave to Kathága			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme
3	send	infinitive		a good spirit	my aid	down property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spirit=Theme to aid=Destination
4	perish	future	the friend of the White Chief				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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 45

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Pragmatics

Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 45