Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 99
Now Keezís [1021]--the great life-giver, From his wigwam in Waubú-nong [1021] Rose and wrapped his shining blanket Round his giant form and started; Westward started on his journey, Striding on from hill to hill-top.
Who acts: Keezís · What happens: wrap, shine, start, stride, form, journey · To what, where: shining blanket, journey, hill
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 (Keezís), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 Keezís | advmod |
| 2 | Keezís | Keezís | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 started | nsubj |
| 3 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 4 1021 | punct |
| 4 | 1021 | 1021 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 Keezís | appos |
| 5 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 4 1021 | punct |
| 6 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 11 giver | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 giver | det |
| 8 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 giver | amod |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 giver | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 life | punct |
| 11 | giver | giver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Keezís | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 wigwam | punct |
| 13 | From | from | ADP | _ | 15 wigwam | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 wigwam | nmod:poss |
| 15 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Keezís | appos |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 nong | case |
| 17 | Waubú | Waubú | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 nong | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 Waubú | punct |
| 19 | nong | nong | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wigwam | nmod |
| 20 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 21 1021 | punct |
| 21 | 1021 | 1021 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 nong | appos |
| 22 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 21 1021 | punct |
| 23 | Rose | Rose | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 1021 | nmod:unmarked |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 wrapped | cc |
| 25 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 1021 | conj |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 blanket | nmod:poss |
| 27 | shining | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 28 blanket | amod |
| 28 | blanket | blanket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wrapped | obj |
| 29 | Round | round | ADP | _ | 32 form | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 form | nmod:poss |
| 31 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 form | amod |
| 32 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wrapped | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 started | cc |
| 34 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 wrapped | conj |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 started | punct |
| 36 | Westward | Westward | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 started | nsubj |
| 37 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 journey | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 journey | nmod:poss |
| 40 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 started | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Striding | punct |
| 42 | Striding | stride | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 started | advcl |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 hill | case |
| 44 | from | from | ADP | _ | 45 hill | case |
| 45 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Striding | obl |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 top | case |
| 47 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 top | compound |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 hill | punct |
| 49 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Striding | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 37 started | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wrap | past | Keezís not said here | Keezís's shining blanket | round Keezís's giant form | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blanket=Theme | |||
| 2 | shine | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | start | past | Keezís not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | start | past | Keezís | Keezís's journey | Westward nsubj | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | stride | gerund | Keezís not said here | hill | to hill top | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination | |||
| 6 | form | Keezís | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | journey | Keezís | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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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