Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 64
Swift she speeds with her burden, but swift on her track fly the minions of famine; Now they yell on the view from the drift, in the reeds at the marge of the meadow; Red gleam their wild, ravenous eyes; for they see on the hill-side their supper; The dark forest echoes their cries; but her heart is the heart of a warrior.
Who acts: Swift, minions, dark forest, heart, meadow · What happens: speed, fly, yell, see, echo, be · To what, where: minions, view, supper, hill side, cries, heart
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 (Swift, minions, dark forest, heart), 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 | Swift | swift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 speeds | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 speeds | nsubj |
| 3 | speeds | speed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 burden | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 burden | nmod:poss |
| 6 | burden | burden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 speeds | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fly | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 fly | cc |
| 9 | swift | swift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fly | nsubj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 track | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 track | nmod:poss |
| 12 | track | track | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swift | nmod |
| 13 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 speeds | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 minions | det |
| 15 | minions | minion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 fly | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 famine | case |
| 17 | famine | famine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 minions | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 yell | punct |
| 19 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 yell | advmod |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 yell | nsubj |
| 21 | yell | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 speeds | conj |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 view | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 view | det |
| 24 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 yell | obl |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 27 drift | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 drift | det |
| 27 | drift | drift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 yell | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 reeds | punct |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 reeds | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 reeds | det |
| 31 | reeds | reed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 yell | obl |
| 32 | at | at | ADP | _ | 34 marge | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 marge | det |
| 34 | marge | marge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 reeds | nmod |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 meadow | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 meadow | det |
| 37 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 marge | nmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 gleam | punct |
| 39 | Red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 gleam | amod |
| 40 | gleam | gleam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 reeds | conj |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 42 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 eyes | amod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 wild | punct |
| 44 | ravenous | ravenous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 eyes | amod |
| 45 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 gleam | appos |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 see | punct |
| 47 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 49 see | mark |
| 48 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 see | nsubj |
| 49 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 speeds | conj |
| 50 | on | on | ADP | _ | 54 side | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 side | det |
| 52 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 side | compound |
| 53 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 52 hill | punct |
| 54 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 see | obl |
| 55 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 supper | nmod:poss |
| 56 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 see | obj |
| 57 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 61 echoes | punct |
| 58 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 forest | det |
| 59 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 forest | amod |
| 60 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 echoes | nsubj |
| 61 | echoes | echo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 speeds | conj |
| 62 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 cries | nmod:poss |
| 63 | cries | cry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 echoes | obj |
| 64 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 70 heart | punct |
| 65 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 70 heart | cc |
| 66 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 heart | nmod:poss |
| 67 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 heart | nsubj |
| 68 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 70 heart | cop |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 heart | det |
| 70 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 speeds | obl |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 warrior | case |
| 72 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 73 warrior | det |
| 73 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 heart | nmod |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 speeds | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speed | present | Swift | with swift's burden; swift nsubj | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fly | present | swift on swift's track | the minions of famine | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location minion=Theme | ||||
| 3 | yell speech: express | present | minions = minion | the view | now | from the drift; in the reeds at the marge of the meadow and Red gleam | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||
| 4 | see | present | minions = minion | meadow's supper | the hill side | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer supper=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | echo | present | the dark forest | meadow's cries | vn sound_existence-47.4 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cry=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | swift's heart | the heart | of a warrior | tree rules | |||
| 7 | burden | swift | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | cry | meadow | nom cry «communication intransitive»: 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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