Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 40
Twenty winters for the Panther Had she ruled the humble wigwam; For her haughty lord and master Borne the burdens on the journey, Gathered fagots for the lodge-fire, Tanned the skins of bear and beaver, Tanned the hides of moose and red deer; Made him moccasins and leggings, Decked his hood with quills and feathers-- Colored quills of Kaug, the thorny, [108] Feathers from Kenéw--the eagle.
Who acts: Twenty winters, witch, burdens, Made moccasins · What happens: have, rule, gather, tan, deck, color · To what, where: humble wigwam, fagots, skins, hides, hood
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 (Twenty winters, witch, burdens, Made moccasins), 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 | Twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 winters | nummod |
| 2 | winters | winter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 Had | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 Panther | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Panther | det |
| 5 | Panther | Panther | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 winters | nmod |
| 6 | Had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ruled | nsubj |
| 8 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 Had | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wigwam | det |
| 10 | humble | humble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 wigwam | amod |
| 11 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ruled | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 lord | punct |
| 13 | For | for | ADP | _ | 16 lord | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 lord | nmod:poss |
| 15 | haughty | haughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 lord | amod |
| 16 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Had | conj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 master | cc |
| 18 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 lord | conj |
| 19 | Borne | Borne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 master | appos |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 burdens | det |
| 21 | burdens | burden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 lord | parataxis |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 journey | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 journey | det |
| 24 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 burdens | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Gathered | punct |
| 26 | Gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 burdens | acl:relcl |
| 27 | fagots | fagot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 Gathered | obj |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 fire | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 fire | det |
| 30 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 fire | compound |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 lodge | punct |
| 32 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Gathered | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Tanned | punct |
| 34 | Tanned | tan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 Gathered | conj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 skins | det |
| 36 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 Tanned | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 bear | case |
| 38 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 skins | nmod |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 beaver | cc |
| 40 | beaver | beaver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 bear | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Tanned | punct |
| 42 | Tanned | tan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 Tanned | conj |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 hides | det |
| 44 | hides | hide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 Tanned | obj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 moose | case |
| 46 | moose | moose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 hides | nmod |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 deer | cc |
| 48 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 deer | amod |
| 49 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 moose | conj |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 moccasins | punct |
| 51 | Made | Made | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 moccasins | compound |
| 52 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 Made | flat |
| 53 | moccasins | moccasin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 Tanned | parataxis |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 leggings | cc |
| 55 | leggings | legging | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 moccasins | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 Decked | punct |
| 57 | Decked | deck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 moccasins | acl:relcl |
| 58 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 hood | nmod:poss |
| 59 | hood | hood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 Decked | obj |
| 60 | with | with | ADP | _ | 61 quills | case |
| 61 | quills | quill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 Decked | obl |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 feathers | cc |
| 63 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 quills | conj |
| 64 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 66 quills | punct |
| 65 | Colored | color | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 66 quills | amod |
| 66 | quills | quill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 moccasins | conj |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 Kaug | case |
| 68 | Kaug | Kaug | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 quills | appos |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 thorny | punct |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 thorny | det |
| 71 | thorny | thorny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 Kaug | amod |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 Feathers | punct |
| 73 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 74 108 | punct |
| 74 | 108 | 108 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 76 Feathers | nummod |
| 75 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 74 108 | punct |
| 76 | Feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 moccasins | conj |
| 77 | from | from | ADP | _ | 78 Kenéw | case |
| 78 | Kenéw | Kenéw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 76 Feathers | nmod |
| 79 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 81 eagle | punct |
| 80 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 eagle | det |
| 81 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 moccasins | conj |
| 82 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 Had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Twenty winters for the Panther | witch's haughty lord the burdens on the journey and master conj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | rule | past | witch | the humble wigwam | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wigwam=Theme | ||||
| 3 | gather | past | the burdens on the journey not said here | fagots | for the lodge fire | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fagot=Theme for fire=Beneficiary | |||
| 4 | tan | past | the burdens on the journey not said here | the skins of bear and beaver | Made moccasins and leggings and Colored quills and 108 Feathers from Kenéw and the eagle parataxis | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | |||
| 5 | tan | past | the burdens on the journey not said here | the hides of moose and red deer | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Patient | ||||
| 6 | deck | past | Made moccasins and leggings and Colored quills and 108 Feathers from Kenéw and the eagle not said here | panther's hood | with quills and feathers | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hood=Destination with quill=Theme | |||
| 7 | color | participle | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=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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