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Legends of the Northwest, The Legend., sentence 19

In her net of hair she caught him--caught Wanâta with her wiles; All in vain his wife besought him--begged in vain his wonted smiles.

Who acts: honor, All, Wanâta · What happens: catch, beseech, beg, wont, smile · To what, where: Wanâta, net, vain wonted smiles

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 (honor, All, Wanâta), 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:possoblcasenmodnsubjobjpunctconjobjcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjcaseamodnmod:possnmodconjobjpunctconjcaseamodnmod:possamodoblpunctrootInADPherPRONnetNOUNofADPhairNOUNshePRONcaughtVERBhimPRON--PUNCTcaughtVERBWanâtaPROPNwithADPherPRONwilesNOUN;PUNCTAllDETinADPvainADJhisPRONwifeNOUNbesoughtVERBhimPRON--PUNCTbeggedVERBinADPvainADJhisPRONwontedVERBsmilesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 netcase
2herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 netnmod:poss
3netnetNOUNNumber=Sing7 caughtobl
4ofofADP_5 haircase
5hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing3 netnmod
6sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 caughtnsubj
7caughtcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 caughtobj
9----PUNCT_10 caughtpunct
10caughtcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 caughtconj
11WanâtaWanâtaPROPNNumber=Sing10 caughtobj
12withwithADP_14 wilescase
13herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 wilesnmod:poss
14wileswileNOUNNumber=Plur10 caughtobl
15;;PUNCT_21 besoughtpunct
16AllallDETPronType=Tot21 besoughtnsubj
17ininADP_20 wifecase
18vainvainADJDegree=Pos20 wifeamod
19hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 wifenmod:poss
20wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing16 Allnmod
21besoughtbeseechVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 caughtconj
22himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 besoughtobj
23----PUNCT_24 beggedpunct
24beggedbegVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass21 besoughtconj
25ininADP_29 smilescase
26vainvainADJDegree=Pos29 smilesamod
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 smilesnmod:poss
28wontedwontVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 smilesamod
29smilessmileNOUNNumber=Plur24 beggedobl
30..PUNCT_7 caughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1catchpasthonorWanâtahonor's net of hairvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2catchpasthonor not said hereWanâtawith honor's wilesvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wanâta=Theme
3beseechpastAll in Wanâta's vain wifeWanâtatree rules
4beg speech: requestparticipleAll in Wanâta's vain wife not said hereWanâta's vain wonted smilesvn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent
5wontparticipletree rules
6smileWanâtanom smile «communication transitive»: 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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