Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 52

Twenty winters for the Panther Had she ruled the humble wigwam, 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, Feathers from the great war-eagle; Ever diligent and faithful, Ever patient, ne'er complaining. but like all brave men the Panther Loved a young and handsome woman; So he dallied with the danger, Dallied with the fair Algónkin, [1011] Till a magic mead she gave him, Brewed of buds of birch and cedar.

Who acts: Twenty winters, woman, Ever patient, Panther · What happens: have, rule, gather, tan, make, deck · To what, where: humble wigwam, fagots, skins, hides, moccasins, beaver

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, woman, Ever patient, 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	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	_	13 Borne	punct
13	Borne	Borne	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wigwam	appos
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 burdens	det
15	burdens	burden	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 Borne	appos
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 journey	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 journey	det
18	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 burdens	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 Gathered	punct
20	Gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Had	conj
21	fagots	fagot	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 Gathered	obj
22	for	for	ADP	_	26 fire	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 fire	det
24	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 fire	compound
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 lodge	punct
26	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 Gathered	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 Tanned	punct
28	Tanned	tan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Had	conj
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 skins	det
30	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 Tanned	obj
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 bear	case
32	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 skins	nmod
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 beaver	cc
34	beaver	beaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 bear	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 Tanned	punct
36	Tanned	tan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 Tanned	conj
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 hides	det
38	hides	hide	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 Tanned	obj
39	of	of	ADP	_	40 moose	case
40	moose	moose	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 hides	nmod
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 deer	cc
42	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 deer	amod
43	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 moose	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Made	punct
45	Made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 Tanned	parataxis
46	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 Made	obj
47	moccasins	moccasin	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 Made	obj
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 leggings	cc
49	leggings	legging	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 moccasins	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 Decked	punct
51	Decked	deck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 Made	conj
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 hood	nmod:poss
53	hood	hood	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 Decked	obj
54	with	with	ADP	_	55 quills	case
55	quills	quill	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 hood	nmod
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 feathers	cc
57	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 quills	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 quills	punct
59	Colored	Colored	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 quills	compound
60	quills	quill	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 hood	conj
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 Kaug	case
62	Kaug	Kaug	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 quills	appos
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 thorny	punct
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 thorny	det
65	thorny	thorny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 Kaug	amod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 Feathers	punct
67	Feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 hood	conj
68	from	from	ADP	_	73 eagle	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 eagle	det
70	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 eagle	amod
71	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 eagle	compound
72	-	-	PUNCT	_	71 war	punct
73	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 Decked	obl
74	;	;	PUNCT	_	76 diligent	punct
75	Ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	76 diligent	advmod
76	diligent	diligent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 Tanned	parataxis
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 faithful	cc
78	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 diligent	conj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 patient	punct
80	Ever	ever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 patient	amod
81	patient	patient	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 diligent	conj
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 ne'er	punct
83	ne'er	ne'er	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 patient	conj
84	complaining	complain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	81 patient	acl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	76 diligent	punct
86	but	but	CCONJ	_	93 Loved	cc
87	like	like	ADP	_	90 men	case
88	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	90 men	det
89	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	90 men	amod
90	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 Loved	obl
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 Panther	det
92	Panther	Panther	PROPN	Number=Sing	93 Loved	nsubj
93	Loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	76 diligent	conj
94	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	98 woman	det
95	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	98 woman	amod
96	and	and	CCONJ	_	97 handsome	cc
97	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	95 young	conj
98	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 Loved	obj
99	;	;	PUNCT	_	102 dallied	punct
100	So	so	ADV	_	102 dallied	advmod
101	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	102 dallied	nsubj
102	dallied	dally	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Had	parataxis
103	with	with	ADP	_	105 danger	case
104	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	105 danger	det
105	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	102 dallied	obl
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	107 Dallied	punct
107	Dallied	dally	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	102 dallied	conj
108	with	with	ADP	_	111 Algónkin	case
109	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	111 Algónkin	det
110	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	111 Algónkin	amod
111	Algónkin	Algónkin	PROPN	Number=Sing	107 Dallied	obl:agent
112	,	,	PUNCT	_	114 1011	punct
113	[	[	PUNCT	_	114 1011	punct
114	1011	1011	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	111 Algónkin	appos
115	]	]	PUNCT	_	114 1011	punct
116	Till	till	ADP	_	119 mead	case
117	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	119 mead	det
118	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	119 mead	amod
119	mead	mead	NOUN	Number=Sing	107 Dallied	obl
120	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	121 gave	nsubj
121	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	119 mead	acl:relcl
122	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	121 gave	iobj
123	,	,	PUNCT	_	124 Brewed	punct
124	Brewed	brew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	107 Dallied	conj
125	of	of	ADP	_	126 buds	case
126	buds	bud	NOUN	Number=Plur	124 Brewed	obl:agent
127	of	of	ADP	_	128 birch	case
128	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	126 buds	nmod
129	and	and	CCONJ	_	130 cedar	cc
130	cedar	cedar	NOUN	Number=Sing	128 birch	conj
131	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Twenty winters for the Panther					tree rules
2	rule	past	woman	the humble wigwam				vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wigwam=Theme
3	gather	past	Twenty winters for the Panther 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	Twenty winters for the Panther not said here	the skins of bear and beaver				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient
5	tan	past	Twenty winters for the Panther 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	make	past		moccasins and leggings	beaver			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary moccasin=Product
7	deck	past		beaver's hood and Colored quills and Feathers			with quills and feathers; from the great war eagle	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hood=Destination with quill=Theme
8	complain speech: other	gerund	Ever patient and ne'er not said here					vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	love	past	the Panther	a young woman			like all brave men	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus
10	dally	past	panther				with the danger	vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with danger=Theme
11	dally	participle	panther not said here			till a magic mead	the fair Algónkin obl:agent	vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
12	give	past	woman	a magic mead not said here	panther			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
13	brew	participle	panther not said here				buds of birch and cedar obl:agent	vn preparing-26.3-1 «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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 52

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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 52