Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 28
Proud as Waub-Ojeeg, the warrior, To the lodge he bore his trophies So when homeward turned the Panther Ever found he food provided, Found the lodge-fire brightly burning, Found the faithful Sea-Gull waiting. "
Who acts: Ojeeg, homeward, Panther · What happens: bear, turn, find, provide, burn · To what, where: trophies, lodge fire, faithful Sea Gull waiting · 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 (Ojeeg, homeward, 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 | Proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | as | as | ADP | _ | 3 Waub | case |
| 3 | Waub | Waub | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Proud | obl |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Ojeeg | punct |
| 5 | Ojeeg | Ojeeg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Waub | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 warrior | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 warrior | det |
| 8 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Ojeeg | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bore | punct |
| 10 | To | to | ADP | _ | 12 lodge | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lodge | det |
| 12 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bore | obl |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 bore | nsubj |
| 14 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Proud | parataxis |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 trophies | nmod:poss |
| 16 | trophies | trophy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 bore | obj |
| 17 | So | so | ADV | _ | 20 turned | advmod |
| 18 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 20 turned | advmod |
| 19 | homeward | homeward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 turned | nsubj |
| 20 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 bore | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Panther | det |
| 22 | Panther | Panther | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 found | nsubj |
| 23 | Ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 24 found | advmod |
| 24 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 turned | parataxis |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 provided | nsubj |
| 26 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 provided | nsubj |
| 27 | provided | provide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 found | ccomp |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Found | punct |
| 29 | Found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 found | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 fire | det |
| 31 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 fire | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 lodge | punct |
| 33 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 Found | obj |
| 34 | brightly | brightly | ADV | _ | 35 burning | advmod |
| 35 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 29 Found | advcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Found | punct |
| 37 | Found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 Found | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 waiting | det |
| 39 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 waiting | amod |
| 40 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 waiting | compound |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 Sea | punct |
| 42 | Gull | gull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 waiting | compound |
| 43 | waiting | waiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Found | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Proud | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Proud | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past | Ojeeg | Ojeeg's trophies | to the lodge | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trophy=Patient | |||
| 2 | turn | past | homeward | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | find | past | the Panther | ever | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | provide | past | Homeward | food nsubj | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | ||||
| 5 | find | past | the Panther not said here | the lodge fire | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Topic | ||||
| 6 | burn | gerund | the Panther not said here | brightly property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | find | past | the Panther not said here | the faithful Sea Gull waiting | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waiting=Topic |
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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