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Legends of the Northwest, The Legend., sentence 16

But alas, the fatal honor that her brave Wanâta won, Brought a bitter woe upon her,--hid with clouds the summer sun For among the brave Dakotas, wives bring honor to the chief.

Who acts: brave Wanâta, alas, wives · What happens: win, bring, hide · To what, where: bitter woe, summer sun, honor, chief

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Legend.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brave Wanâta, alas, wives), 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

ccnsubjpunctdetamodconjmarknmod:possamodnsubjadvclpunctdetamodobjcaseoblpunctpunctconjcaseobldetcompoundobjcasecasedetamodoblpunctnsubjacl:relclobjcasedetoblpunctrootButCCONJalasNOUN,PUNCTtheDETfatalADJhonorNOUNthatSCONJherPRONbraveADJWanâtaPROPNwonVERB,PUNCTBroughtVERBaDETbitterADJwoeNOUNuponADPherPRON,PUNCT--PUNCThidVERBwithADPcloudsNOUNtheDETsummerNOUNsunNOUNForADPamongADPtheDETbraveADJDakotasNOUN,PUNCTwivesNOUNbringVERBhonorNOUNtoADPtheDETchiefNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_13 Broughtcc
2alasalaNOUNNumber=Plur13 Broughtnsubj
3,,PUNCT_6 honorpunct
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 honordet
5fatalfatalADJDegree=Pos6 honoramod
6honorhonorNOUNNumber=Sing2 alasconj
7thatthatSCONJ_11 wonmark
8herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 Wanâtanmod:poss
9bravebraveADJDegree=Pos10 Wanâtaamod
10WanâtaWanâtaPROPNNumber=Sing11 wonnsubj
11wonwinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 honoradvcl
12,,PUNCT_2 alaspunct
13BroughtbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
14aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 woedet
15bitterbitterADJDegree=Pos16 woeamod
16woewoeNOUNNumber=Sing13 Broughtobj
17uponuponADP_18 hercase
18hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 Broughtobl
19,,PUNCT_21 hidpunct
20----PUNCT_21 hidpunct
21hidhideVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 Broughtconj
22withwithADP_23 cloudscase
23cloudscloudNOUNNumber=Plur21 hidobl
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 sundet
25summersummerNOUNNumber=Sing26 suncompound
26sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing21 hidobj
27ForforADP_31 Dakotascase
28amongamongADP_31 Dakotascase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 Dakotasdet
30bravebraveADJDegree=Pos31 Dakotasamod
31DakotasdakotaNOUNNumber=Plur21 hidobl
32,,PUNCT_34 bringpunct
33wiveswifeNOUNNumber=Plur34 bringnsubj
34bringbringVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 Dakotasacl:relcl
35honorhonorNOUNNumber=Sing34 bringobj
36totoADP_38 chiefcase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 chiefdet
38chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing34 bringobl
39..PUNCT_13 Broughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1winpastProud's brave Wanâtavn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2bringpastalas and the fatal honora bitter woeupon Proudvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent woe=Theme
3hidepastalas and the fatal honor not said herethe summer sunwith clouds; for the brave Dakotasvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Patient
4bringpresentwiveshonorthe chiefvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent honor=Theme to chief=Destination

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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