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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2, sentence 23

Thus she flashed that I might see her, See and know my mother's spirit; Thus she pointed to the waters, And beneath them lies her body, In the wigwam of the spirits-- In the lodge of Nébe-nâw-baigs."

Who acts: Raven, I, body · What happens: flash, see, know, point, lie · To what, where: Raven, spirit, waters, wigwam

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 (Raven, I, body), 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

advmodnsubjmarknsubjauxccompobjpunctconjccconjnmod:possnmod:posscaseobjpunctadvmodnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctcccaseoblconjnmod:possnsubjpunctcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctcasedetoblcasecompoundpunctcompoundpunctnmodpunctpunctrootThusADVshePRONflashedVERBthatSCONJIPRONmightAUXseeVERBherPRON,PUNCTSeeVERBandCCONJknowVERBmyPRONmotherNOUN'sPARTspiritNOUN;PUNCTThusADVshePRONpointedVERBtoADPtheDETwatersNOUN,PUNCTAndCCONJbeneathADPthemPRONliesVERBherPRONbodyNOUN,PUNCTInADPtheDETwigwamNOUNofADPtheDETspiritsNOUN--PUNCTInADPtheDETlodgeNOUNofADPNébePROPN-PUNCTnâwNOUN-PUNCTbaigsNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThusthusADV_3 flashedadvmod
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 flashednsubj
3flashedflashVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_7 seemark
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 seensubj
6mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin7 seeaux
7seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 flashedccomp
8hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 seeobj
9,,PUNCT_10 Seepunct
10SeeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf7 seeconj
11andandCCONJ_12 knowcc
12knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf10 Seeconj
13mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 mothernmod:poss
14mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing16 spiritnmod:poss
15's'sPART_14 mothercase
16spiritspiritNOUNNumber=Sing12 knowobj
17;;PUNCT_20 pointedpunct
18ThusthusADV_20 pointedadvmod
19sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 pointednsubj
20pointedpointVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 flashedconj
21totoADP_23 waterscase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 watersdet
23waterswaterNOUNNumber=Plur20 pointedobl
24,,PUNCT_28 liespunct
25AndandCCONJ_28 liescc
26beneathbeneathADP_27 themcase
27themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs28 liesobl
28lieslieVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 flashedconj
29herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 bodynmod:poss
30bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing28 liesnsubj
31,,PUNCT_34 wigwampunct
32IninADP_34 wigwamcase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 wigwamdet
34wigwamwigwamNOUNNumber=Sing28 liesobl
35ofofADP_37 spiritscase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 spiritsdet
37spiritsspiritNOUNNumber=Plur34 wigwamnmod
38----PUNCT_41 lodgepunct
39IninADP_41 lodgecase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 lodgedet
41lodgelodgeNOUNNumber=Sing28 liesobl
42ofofADP_47 baigscase
43NébeNébePROPNNumber=Sing47 baigscompound
44--PUNCT_43 Nébepunct
45nâwnâwNOUNNumber=Sing47 baigscompound
46--PUNCT_45 nâwpunct
47baigsbaigNOUNNumber=Plur41 lodgenmod
48..PUNCT_3 flashedpunct
49""PUNCT_3 flashedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flashpastRaventhus propertytree rules
2seemightIRavenvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3seeinfinitiveI not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4knowinfinitiveI not said heremy mother's spiritvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer spirit=Stimulus
5pointpastRaventhe watersthus propertyvn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to water=Recipient
6liepresentRaven's bodythe wigwam of the spiritsbeneath spirits = spirit; in the lodge of Nébe nâw baigsvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath they=Location

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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