Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 103
From old Péboân's eyes the teardrops Down his pale face ran in streamlets; Less and less he grew in stature Till he melted doun to nothing; And behold, from out the ashes, From the ashes of his lodge-fire, Sprang the Miscodeed [1023] and, blushing, Welcomed Según to the North-land.
Who acts: eyes, Péboân · What happens: run, grow, melt, blush, fire · To what, where: Less, streamlets, stature, doun
This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, Péboân), 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 | From | from | ADP | _ | 5 eyes | case |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Péboân | amod |
| 3 | Péboân | Péboân | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Péboân | case |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 ran | nsubj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teardrops | det |
| 7 | teardrops | teardrop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eyes | conj |
| 8 | Down | down | ADP | _ | 5 eyes | compound:prt |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 face | nmod:poss |
| 10 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 face | amod |
| 11 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ran | nsubj |
| 12 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 streamlets | case |
| 14 | streamlets | streamlet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 ran | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 Less | punct |
| 16 | Less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 ran | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 grew | cc |
| 18 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 20 grew | advmod |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 grew | nsubj |
| 20 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 Less | conj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 stature | case |
| 22 | stature | stature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 grew | obl |
| 23 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 25 melted | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 melted | nsubj |
| 25 | melted | melt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 grew | advcl |
| 26 | doun | doun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 melted | obj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 nothing | case |
| 28 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 25 melted | obl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 ashes | punct |
| 30 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 behold | cc |
| 31 | behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 36 ashes | discourse |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 ashes | punct |
| 33 | from | from | ADP | _ | 36 ashes | case |
| 34 | out | out | ADP | _ | 36 ashes | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 ashes | det |
| 36 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 ran | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 ashes | punct |
| 38 | From | from | ADP | _ | 40 ashes | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 ashes | det |
| 40 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 ashes | appos |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 fire | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 fire | nmod:poss |
| 43 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 fire | compound |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 lodge | punct |
| 45 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 ashes | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 Sprang | punct |
| 47 | Sprang | Sprang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 ran | parataxis |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Miscodeed | det |
| 49 | Miscodeed | Miscodeed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Sprang | appos |
| 50 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 51 1023 | punct |
| 51 | 1023 | 1023 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 47 Sprang | appos |
| 52 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 51 1023 | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 blushing | cc |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 blushing | punct |
| 55 | blushing | blush | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 47 Sprang | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 Según | punct |
| 57 | Welcomed | Welcomed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 Según | compound |
| 58 | Según | Según | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Sprang | conj |
| 59 | to | to | ADP | _ | 63 land | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 land | det |
| 61 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 land | compound |
| 62 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 61 North | punct |
| 63 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ran | obl |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | old Péboân's eyes and the teardrops | Less | streamlets | from the ashes; to the North land; Péboân's pale face nsubj; Sprang and Welcomed Según parataxis | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in streamlet=Trajectory from ash=Initial_Location to land=Destination | ||
| 2 | grow | past | Péboân | stature | less property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stature=Location | |||
| 3 | melt | past | Péboân | doun | to nothing | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient doun=Result | |||
| 4 | blush | gerund | old Péboân's eyes and the teardrops not said here | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | fire | Péboân | nom fire «event 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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