Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 38
When the Sea-Gull wed the Panther, Fair was she and full of laughter; Like the robin in the spring-time, Sang from sunrise till the sunset; But the storms of many winters Sifted frost upon her tresses, Seamed her tawny face with wrinkles.
Who acts: Sea Gull, Panther, many winters, storms · What happens: w, be, sift, seam, storm · To what, where: storms, frost, tawny face
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 (Sea Gull, Panther, many winters, storms), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 wed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Gull | det |
| 3 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Gull | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sea | punct |
| 5 | Gull | Gull | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 wed | nsubj |
| 6 | wed | w | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Panther | det |
| 8 | Panther | Panther | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 full | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Fair | punct |
| 10 | Fair | Fair | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Panther | conj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 full | cop |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 full | nsubj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 full | cc |
| 14 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wed | ccomp |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 laughter | case |
| 16 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 full | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 robin | punct |
| 18 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 20 robin | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 robin | det |
| 20 | robin | robin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wed | obl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 time | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 time | det |
| 23 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 time | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 spring | punct |
| 25 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 robin | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Sang | punct |
| 27 | Sang | Sang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 time | appos |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 29 sunrise | case |
| 29 | sunrise | sunrise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 Sang | nmod |
| 30 | till | till | ADP | _ | 32 sunset | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 sunset | det |
| 32 | sunset | sunset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 sunrise | nmod |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 storms | punct |
| 34 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 storms | cc |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 storms | det |
| 36 | storms | storm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 wed | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 winters | case |
| 38 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 winters | amod |
| 39 | winters | winter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 storms | nmod |
| 40 | Sifted | sift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 winters | acl |
| 41 | frost | frost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 Sifted | obj |
| 42 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 44 tresses | case |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 tresses | nmod:poss |
| 44 | tresses | tress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 frost | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Seamed | punct |
| 46 | Seamed | seam | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 storms | acl |
| 47 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 face | nmod:poss |
| 48 | tawny | tawny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 face | amod |
| 49 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 Seamed | obj |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 wrinkles | case |
| 51 | wrinkles | wrinkle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 Seamed | obl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 wed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | w | past | the Sea Gull | the storms of many winters | like the robin in the spring time | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | past | the Panther and Fair | of laughter; witch nsubj; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sift | participle | many winters not said here | frost | upon witch's tresses | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frost=Patient | |||
| 4 | seam | participle | the storms of many winters not said here | witch's tawny face | with wrinkles | tree rules | |||
| 5 | storm | many winters | nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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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