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

From his frost-covered beard issued forth the sharp-biting, shrill-whistling North-wind; At the touch of his breath the wide earth turned to stone, and the lakes and the rivers; From his nostrils the white vapors rose, and they covered the sky like a blanket.

Who acts: white vapors, vapors · What happens: cover, issue, bite, whistle, turn, rise · To what, where: covered beard, wide earth, stone, nostrils, sky, breath

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 (white vapors, vapors), 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

casenmod:posscompoundpunctamodacladvmoddetamodpunctcsubjpunctamodpunctamodcompoundpunctobl:agentpunctcasedetconjcasenmod:possnmoddetamodnmodaclcaseoblpunctccdetconjccdetconjpunctcasenmod:possobldetamodnsubjparataxispunctccnsubjconjdetobjcasedetoblpunctrootFromADPhisPRONfrostNOUN-PUNCTcoveredVERBbeardNOUNissuedVERBforthADVtheDETsharpADJ-PUNCTbitingVERB,PUNCTshrillADJ-PUNCTwhistlingVERBNorthPROPN-PUNCTwindNOUN;PUNCTAtADPtheDETtouchNOUNofADPhisPRONbreathNOUNtheDETwideADJearthNOUNturnedVERBtoADPstoneNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETlakesNOUNandCCONJtheDETriversNOUN;PUNCTFromADPhisPRONnostrilsNOUNtheDETwhiteADJvaporsNOUNroseVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtheyPRONcoveredVERBtheDETskyNOUNlikeADPaDETblanketNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FromfromADP_6 beardcase
2hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 beardnmod:poss
3frostfrostNOUNNumber=Sing5 coveredcompound
4--PUNCT_3 frostpunct
5coveredcoverVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 beardamod
6beardbeardNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7issuedissueVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 beardacl
8forthforthADV_7 issuedadvmod
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 winddet
10sharpsharpADJDegree=Pos19 windamod
11--PUNCT_10 sharppunct
12bitingbiteVERBVerbForm=Ger19 windcsubj
13,,PUNCT_16 whistlingpunct
14shrillshrillADJDegree=Pos16 whistlingamod
15--PUNCT_14 shrillpunct
16whistlingwhistleVERBVerbForm=Ger19 windamod
17NorthNorthPROPNNumber=Sing19 windcompound
18--PUNCT_17 Northpunct
19windwindNOUNNumber=Sing7 issuedobl:agent
20;;PUNCT_23 touchpunct
21AtatADP_23 touchcase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 touchdet
23touchtouchNOUNNumber=Sing6 beardconj
24ofofADP_26 breathcase
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 breathnmod:poss
26breathbreathNOUNNumber=Sing23 touchnmod
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 earthdet
28widewideADJDegree=Pos29 earthamod
29earthearthNOUNNumber=Sing23 touchnmod
30turnedturnVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 earthacl
31totoADP_32 stonecase
32stonestoneNOUNNumber=Sing30 turnedobl
33,,PUNCT_36 lakespunct
34andandCCONJ_36 lakescc
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 lakesdet
36lakeslakeNOUNNumber=Plur23 touchconj
37andandCCONJ_39 riverscc
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 riversdet
39riversriverNOUNNumber=Plur36 lakesconj
40;;PUNCT_47 rosepunct
41FromfromADP_43 nostrilscase
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 nostrilsnmod:poss
43nostrilsnostrilNOUNNumber=Plur47 roseobl
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 vaporsdet
45whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos46 vaporsamod
46vaporsvaporNOUNNumber=Plur47 rosensubj
47roseriseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 touchparataxis
48,,PUNCT_51 coveredpunct
49andandCCONJ_51 coveredcc
50theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs51 coverednsubj
51coveredcoverVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 roseconj
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 skydet
53skyskyNOUNNumber=Sing51 coveredobj
54likelikeADP_56 blanketcase
55aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art56 blanketdet
56blanketblanketNOUNNumber=Sing51 coveredobl
57..PUNCT_6 beardpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1coverparticiplefrost compoundvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2issueparticipleWazíya's covered beard and the touch of Wazíya's breath the wide earth and the lakes and the rivers not said herethe sharp whistling North wind obl:agent; forth propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3bitegerundvn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4whistlegerundvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5turnparticiplethe wide earth not said herestonevn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to stone=Trajectory
6risepastthe white vaporsWazíya's nostrilsvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from nostril=Initial_Location
7coverpastvapors = vaporthe skylike a blanketvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sky=Destination
9touchWazíya's breathnom touch «event transitive»: of=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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