Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 79
On the wings of the spring come the geese and the mallards; On the bare oak the red-robin sings, and the crocuses peep on the prairies, And the bobolink pipes, but he brings, of the blue-eyed, brave White Chief, no tidings.
Who acts: you, red robin, crocuses, robin · What happens: come, sing, peep, bring · To what, where: geese, wings, bobolink pipes, bare oak
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 (you, red robin, crocuses, 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 wings | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wings | det |
| 3 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 come | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 spring | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 spring | det |
| 6 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wings | nmod |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 geese | det |
| 9 | geese | goose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 come | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 mallards | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 mallards | det |
| 12 | mallards | mallard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 geese | conj |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 sings | punct |
| 14 | On | on | ADP | _ | 17 oak | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 oak | det |
| 16 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 oak | amod |
| 17 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sings | obl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 robin | det |
| 19 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 robin | amod |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 red | punct |
| 21 | robin | robin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sings | nsubj |
| 22 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 come | advcl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 peep | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 peep | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 crocuses | det |
| 26 | crocuses | crocus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 peep | nsubj |
| 27 | peep | peep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 sings | conj |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 prairies | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 prairies | det |
| 30 | prairies | prairie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 peep | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 pipes | punct |
| 32 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 pipes | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 pipes | det |
| 34 | bobolink | bobolink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 pipes | compound |
| 35 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 sings | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 brings | punct |
| 37 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 brings | cc |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 brings | nsubj |
| 39 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 sings | conj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 Chief | punct |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Chief | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Chief | det |
| 43 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 eyed | amod |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 blue | punct |
| 45 | eyed | eyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 Chief | amod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 Chief | punct |
| 47 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 Chief | amod |
| 48 | White | White | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 Chief | compound |
| 49 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 brings | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 tidings | punct |
| 51 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 52 tidings | det |
| 52 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 Chief | conj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | imperative | you not said here | the geese and the mallards | the wings of the spring | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location goose=Theme | |||
| 2 | sing speech: express | present | the red robin | the bobolink pipes | the bare oak | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on oak=Location | |||
| 3 | peep | present | the crocuses | on the prairies | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on prairie=Theme | ||||
| 4 | bring | present | robin | of the eyed brave White Chief and no tidings | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of chief=Initial_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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