Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2, sentence 118

When one succeeds in getting it fairly in the pocket of his bat he swings it aloft and throws it as far as he can towards the bound to which his party is working, taking care to send it, if possible, where some of his own side will take it up.

Who acts: one, Pa, party, some · What happens: succeed, get, swing, throw, work, take · To what, where: ball, pocket, bound, care

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, Pa, party, some), 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	3 succeeds	advmod
2	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 succeeds	nsubj
3	succeeds	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 swings	advcl
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	5 getting	mark
5	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 succeeds	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 getting	obj
7	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	5 getting	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pocket	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pocket	det
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 getting	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 bat	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 bat	nmod:poss
13	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pocket	nmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 swings	nsubj
15	swings	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 swings	obj
17	aloft	aloft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 swings	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 throws	cc
19	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 swings	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 throws	obj
21	as	as	ADV	_	22 far	advmod
22	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 throws	advmod
23	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 can	mark
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 can	nsubj
25	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 far	advcl
26	towards	towards	ADP	_	28 bound	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 bound	det
28	bound	bound	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 throws	obl
29	to	to	ADP	_	30 which	case
30	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 working	obl
31	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 party	nmod:poss
32	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 working	nsubj
33	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 working	aux
34	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 bound	acl:relcl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 taking	punct
36	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 throws	advcl
37	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 taking	obj
38	to	to	PART	_	39 send	mark
39	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 taking	advcl
40	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 send	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 possible	punct
42	if	if	SCONJ	_	43 possible	mark
43	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 swings	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 take	punct
45	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	52 take	advmod
46	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	52 take	nsubj
47	of	of	ADP	_	50 side	case
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 side	nmod:poss
49	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 side	amod
50	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 some	nmod
51	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 take	aux
52	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 possible	parataxis
53	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 take	obj
54	up	up	ADP	_	52 take	compound:prt
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 swings	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	succeed	present	one				vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	gerund	one not said here	ball	the pocket of Pa's bat	fairly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	swing	present	Pa	ball		aloft property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	throw	present	Pa not said here	ball	the bound	far property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme towards bound=Destination
5	work	present · progressive	Pa's party			to the bound	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	take	gerund	Pa not said here	care			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme
7	send	to-infinitive	Pa not said here	ball			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
8	take up	future	some of Pa's own side	ball			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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 2, sentence 118

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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2, sentence 118