Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 17

But as winter followed winter Cold and sullen grew the Panther; Sat and smoked his pipe in silence; When he spoke he spoke in anger; In the forest often tarried Many days, and homeward turning, Brought no game unto his wigwam: Only brought his empty quiver, Brought his dark and sullen visage.

Who acts: winter, panther · What happens: follow, grow, smoke, speak, tarry, bring · To what, where: Panther, pipe, silence, anger, forest, game · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (winter, panther), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	9 grew	cc
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 followed	mark
3	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 followed	nsubj
4	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 grew	advcl
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 followed	obj
6	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 winter	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sullen	cc
8	sullen	sullen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Cold	conj
9	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Panther	det
11	Panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grew	obj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 Sat	punct
13	Sat	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 grew	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 smoked	cc
15	smoked	smoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 grew	conj
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 pipe	nmod:poss
17	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 smoked	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 silence	case
19	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 smoked	obl
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 spoke	punct
21	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	23 spoke	advmod
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 spoke	nsubj
23	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 grew	parataxis
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 spoke	nsubj
25	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 spoke	parataxis
26	in	in	ADP	_	27 anger	case
27	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 spoke	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 tarried	punct
29	In	in	ADP	_	31 forest	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 forest	det
31	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 tarried	obl
32	often	often	ADV	_	33 tarried	advmod
33	tarried	tarry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 spoke	conj
34	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 days	amod
35	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 tarried	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 turning	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 turning	cc
38	homeward	homeward	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 turning	compound
39	turning	turning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grew	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 Brought	punct
41	Brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 grew	parataxis
42	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	43 game	det
43	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 Brought	obj
44	unto	unto	ADP	_	46 wigwam	case
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 wigwam	nmod:poss
46	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 game	nmod
47	:	:	PUNCT	_	49 brought	punct
48	Only	only	ADV	_	49 brought	advmod
49	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 Brought	conj
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 quiver	nmod:poss
51	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 quiver	amod
52	quiver	quiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 brought	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 Brought	punct
54	Brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 brought	conj
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 visage	nmod:poss
56	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 visage	amod
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 sullen	cc
58	sullen	sullen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 dark	conj
59	visage	visage	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 Brought	obj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 grew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	winter			winter		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	past		the Panther		saturday	homeward turning obl	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location panther=Theme
3	smoke	past		panther's pipe	silence			vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pipe=Source
4	speak speech: other	past	panther					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	speak speech: other	past	panther		anger			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	tarry	past	panther not said here		the forest	day	often property	vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location
7	bring	past		no game			unto panther's wigwam	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent game=Theme
8	bring	past		panther's empty quiver				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent quiver=Theme
9	bring	past		panther's dark visage				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent visage=Theme
10	quiver		panther					nom quiver «feeling intransitive»: 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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 17

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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 17