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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 3

Strong was he and fleet as roebuck, Brave was he and very stealthy; On the deer crept like a panther; Grappled with Makwá, [105] the monster, Grappled with the bear and conquered; Took his black claws for a necklet, Took his black hide for a blanket.

Who acts: Strong, Brave, deer · What happens: be, creep, grapple, conquer, take · To what, where: 105, black claws, black hide

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 (Strong, Brave, deer), 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

nsubjcopnsubjcccaseoblpunctnsubjcopnsubjccadvmodconjpunctcasedetnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctconjcaseoblpunctpunctoblpunctdetoblpunctparataxiscasedetoblccconjpunctparataxisnmod:possamodobjcasedetoblpunctconjnmod:possamodobjcasedetoblpunctrootStrongPROPNwasAUXhePRONandCCONJfleetADJasADProebuckNOUN,PUNCTBravePROPNwasAUXhePRONandCCONJveryADVstealthyADJ;PUNCTOnADPtheDETdeerNOUNcreptVERBlikeADPaDETpantherNOUN;PUNCTGrappledVERBwithADPMakwáPROPN,PUNCT[PUNCT105NUM]PUNCTtheDETmonsterNOUN,PUNCTGrappledVERBwithADPtheDETbearNOUNandCCONJconqueredVERB;PUNCTTookVERBhisPRONblackADJclawsNOUNforADPaDETneckletNOUN,PUNCTTookVERBhisPRONblackADJhideNOUNforADPaDETblanketNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1StrongStrongPROPNNumber=Sing5 fleetnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 fleetcop
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 fleetnsubj
4andandCCONJ_5 fleetcc
5fleetfleetADJDegree=Posrootroot
6asasADP_7 roebuckcase
7roebuckroebuckNOUNNumber=Sing5 fleetobl
8,,PUNCT_14 stealthypunct
9BraveBravePROPNNumber=Sing14 stealthynsubj
10wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 stealthycop
11hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 stealthynsubj
12andandCCONJ_14 stealthycc
13veryveryADV_14 stealthyadvmod
14stealthystealthyADJDegree=Pos5 fleetconj
15;;PUNCT_19 creptpunct
16OnonADP_18 deercase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 deerdet
18deerdeerNOUNNumber=Plur19 creptnsubj
19creptcreepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 fleetconj
20likelikeADP_22 panthercase
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 pantherdet
22pantherpantherNOUNNumber=Sing19 creptobl
23;;PUNCT_24 Grappledpunct
24GrappledgrappleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass19 creptconj
25withwithADP_26 Makwácase
26MakwáMakwáPROPNNumber=Sing24 Grappledobl
27,,PUNCT_29 105punct
28[[PUNCT_29 105punct
29105105NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card19 creptobl
30]]PUNCT_29 105punct
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 monsterdet
32monstermonsterNOUNNumber=Sing19 creptobl
33,,PUNCT_34 Grappledpunct
34GrappledgrappleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass19 creptparataxis
35withwithADP_37 bearcase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 beardet
37bearbearNOUNNumber=Sing34 Grappledobl
38andandCCONJ_39 conqueredcc
39conqueredconquerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 Grappledconj
40;;PUNCT_41 Tookpunct
41TooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 fleetparataxis
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 clawsnmod:poss
43blackblackADJDegree=Pos44 clawsamod
44clawsclawNOUNNumber=Plur41 Tookobj
45forforADP_47 neckletcase
46aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art47 neckletdet
47neckletneckletNOUNNumber=Sing41 Tookobl
48,,PUNCT_49 Tookpunct
49TooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 Tookconj
50hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 hidenmod:poss
51blackblackADJDegree=Pos52 hideamod
52hidehideNOUNNumber=Sing49 Tookobj
53forforADP_55 blanketcase
54aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art55 blanketdet
55blanketblanketNOUNNumber=Sing49 Tookobl
56..PUNCT_5 fleetpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastStrongas roebuck; fleet propertytree rules
2ispastBravestealthy propertytree rules
3creeppastthe deer105like a panther; the monster oblvn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4grappleparticiplethe deer not said herewith Makwávn cope-83-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with makwá=Theme
5grappleparticiplewith the bearvn cope-83-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bear=Theme
6conquerpastvn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7takepastBrave's black clawsfor a neckletvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent claw=Theme for necklet=Beneficiary
8takepastBrave's black hidefor a blanketvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hide=Theme for blanket=Beneficiary

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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