Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 8, sentence 21

They say that it was many, many winters ago when Winona leaped from the rock--that the rock was then perpendicular to the water's edge and she leaped into the lake, but now the rock has worn away, or the water has receded, so that it does not reach the foot of the rock.

Who acts: spirits, Lake, many, rock, Winona · What happens: say, be, leap, wear away, recede, not reach · To what, where: rock, lake, water, foot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (spirits, Lake, many, rock), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 many	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 many	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 many	cop
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 leaped	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 many	punct
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 winters	amod
9	winters	winter	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ago	obl:unmarked
10	ago	ago	ADV	_	13 leaped	advmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 leaped	advmod
12	Winona	Winona	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 leaped	nsubj
13	leaped	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 rock	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rock	det
16	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leaped	obl
17	--	--	PUNCT	_	23 perpendicular	punct
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 perpendicular	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rock	det
20	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 perpendicular	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 perpendicular	cop
22	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 perpendicular	advmod
23	perpendicular	perpendicular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 leaped	conj
24	to	to	ADP	_	28 edge	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 water	det
26	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 edge	nmod:poss
27	's	's	PART	_	26 water	case
28	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 perpendicular	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 leaped	cc
30	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 leaped	nsubj
31	leaped	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 leaped	conj
32	into	into	ADP	_	34 lake	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 lake	det
34	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 leaped	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 worn	punct
36	but	but	CCONJ	_	41 worn	cc
37	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	41 worn	advmod
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 rock	det
39	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 worn	nsubj:pass
40	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 worn	aux
41	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 say	parataxis
42	away	away	ADV	_	41 worn	advmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 receded	punct
44	or	or	CCONJ	_	48 receded	cc
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 water	det
46	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 receded	nsubj:pass
47	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 receded	aux
48	receded	recede	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 worn	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 reach	punct
50	so	so	ADV	_	55 reach	advmod
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 reach	mark
52	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 reach	nsubj
53	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 reach	aux
54	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	55 reach	advmod
55	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	advcl
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 foot	det
57	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 reach	obj
58	of	of	ADP	_	60 rock	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 rock	det
60	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 foot	nmod
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	spirits = spirit					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	past	Lake				many property	tree rules
3	leap	past	many		the rock		Winona nsubj; ago property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from rock=Trajectory
4	is	past	the rock			then	to the water's edge; perpendicular property	tree rules
5	leap	past	Winona		the lake			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into lake=Destination
6	wear away	present · perfect · passive		the rock		now	away property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
7	recede	present · perfect · passive		the water				tree rules
8	not reach	present · do-support	Lake	the foot of the rock				vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent foot=Theme

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 8, sentence 21

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 8, sentence 21