Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2, sentence 12

As above the yawning billows Flew the Sea-Gull like a whirlwind, Red Fox, swifter than red lightning, Cut the cords, and headlong downward, Like an osprey from the ether, Like a wild-goose pierced with arrows, Fluttering fell the frantic woman, Fluttering fell into the waters-- Plunged and sank beneath the waters!

Who acts: yawning billows, you · What happens: fly, cut, pierce, flutter, fall, plunge · To what, where: Sea Gull, cords, wild goose, frantic woman, waters

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 (yawning billows, you), 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	As	as	SCONJ	_	6 Flew	mark
2	above	above	ADP	_	1 As	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 billows	det
4	yawning	yawning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 billows	compound
5	billows	billow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Flew	nsubj
6	Flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 Cut	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Gull	det
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Gull	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Sea	punct
10	Gull	Gull	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Flew	obj
11	like	like	ADP	_	16 Fox	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 Fox	det
13	whirlwind	whirlwind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Fox	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 whirlwind	punct
15	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Fox	amod
16	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Flew	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 swifter	punct
18	swifter	swifter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Fox	conj
19	than	than	ADP	_	21 lightning	case
20	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 lightning	amod
21	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 swifter	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 Cut	punct
23	Cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 cords	det
25	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 Cut	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 headlong	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 headlong	cc
28	headlong	headlong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 Cut	conj
29	downward	downward	ADV	_	28 headlong	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 osprey	punct
31	Like	like	ADP	_	33 osprey	case
32	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 osprey	det
33	osprey	osprey	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 Cut	obl
34	from	from	ADP	_	36 ether	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 ether	det
36	ether	ether	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 osprey	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 goose	punct
38	Like	like	ADP	_	42 goose	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 goose	det
40	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 goose	amod
41	-	-	PUNCT	_	40 wild	punct
42	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 Cut	obl
43	pierced	pierce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 goose	acl
44	with	with	ADP	_	45 arrows	case
45	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 pierced	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 Fluttering	punct
47	Fluttering	flutter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	48 fell	nsubj
48	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 Cut	advcl
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 woman	det
50	frantic	frantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 woman	amod
51	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 fell	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 Fluttering	punct
53	Fluttering	flutter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	54 fell	nsubj
54	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 fell	conj
55	into	into	ADP	_	57 waters	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 waters	det
57	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 fell	obl
58	--	--	PUNCT	_	59 Plunged	punct
59	Plunged	plunge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 waters	acl
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 sank	cc
61	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 fell	conj
62	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	64 waters	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 waters	det
64	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 sank	obl
65	!	!	PUNCT	_	23 Cut	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the yawning billows	the Sea Gull	like a whirlwind Red Fox and swifter than red lightning	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gull=Theme
2	cut	imperative	you not said here	the cords	like a osprey from the ether; like a wild goose	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cord=Product
3	pierce	participle		a wild goose not said here	with arrows	vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with arrow=Instrument
4	flutter	gerund				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	fall	past		the frantic woman		vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient woman=Result
6	flutter	gerund				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	fall	past			into the waters result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result
8	plunge	participle		the waters not said here		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
9	sink	past			beneath the waters	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 12

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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2, sentence 12