Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2, sentence 27
On the tall cliff by the waters So the Raven watched and waited; All the day he watched and waited, But the hungry infant slumbered, Slumbered by the side of Raven, Till the pines' gigantic shadows Stretched and pointed to Waubú-Nong--[1021] To the far off land of Sunrise; Then the wee one woke and famished, Made a long and piteous wailing.
Who acts: Raven, Panther, side, wee one, pines · What happens: watch, wait, slumber, stretch, point, wake · To what, where: tall cliff, hungry infant, gigantic shadows, Waubú, long wailing
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, Panther, side, wee one), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 cliff | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cliff | det |
| 3 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cliff | amod |
| 4 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 watched | obl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 waters | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 waters | det |
| 7 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cliff | nmod |
| 8 | So | so | ADV | _ | 11 watched | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Raven | det |
| 10 | Raven | Raven | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 watched | nsubj |
| 11 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 waited | cc |
| 13 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 watched | conj |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 watched | punct |
| 15 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 day | det:predet |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 day | det |
| 17 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 watched | obl:unmarked |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 watched | nsubj |
| 19 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 watched | conj |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 waited | cc |
| 21 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 watched | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Slumbered | punct |
| 23 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 Slumbered | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 infant | det |
| 25 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 infant | amod |
| 26 | infant | infant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 Slumbered | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | slumbered | slumber | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 infant | acl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Slumbered | punct |
| 29 | Slumbered | slumber | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 watched | conj |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 side | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 side | det |
| 32 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 Slumbered | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Raven | case |
| 34 | Raven | Raven | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 side | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Stretched | punct |
| 36 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 42 Stretched | mark |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 pines | det |
| 38 | pines | pine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 shadows | nmod:poss |
| 39 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 38 pines | case |
| 40 | gigantic | gigantic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 shadows | amod |
| 41 | shadows | shadow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 Stretched | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | Stretched | stretch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 Slumbered | conj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 pointed | cc |
| 44 | pointed | point | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 Stretched | conj |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 Waubú | case |
| 46 | Waubú | Waubú | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 pointed | obl |
| 47 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 48 Nong | punct |
| 48 | Nong | Nong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Waubú | conj |
| 49 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 51 1021 | punct |
| 50 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 51 1021 | punct |
| 51 | 1021 | 1021 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 42 Stretched | obl |
| 52 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 51 1021 | punct |
| 53 | To | to | ADP | _ | 55 far | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 far | det |
| 55 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 Stretched | obl |
| 56 | off | off | ADP | _ | 57 land | case |
| 57 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Stretched | obl |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 Sunrise | case |
| 59 | Sunrise | sunrise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 land | nmod |
| 60 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 65 woke | punct |
| 61 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 65 woke | advmod |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 one | det |
| 63 | wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 one | amod |
| 64 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 woke | nsubj |
| 65 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 watched | parataxis |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 famished | cc |
| 67 | famished | famish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 woke | conj |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 Made | punct |
| 69 | Made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 woke | conj |
| 70 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 74 wailing | det |
| 71 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 wailing | amod |
| 72 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 piteous | cc |
| 73 | piteous | piteous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 long | conj |
| 74 | wailing | wailing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 Made | obj |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 watched | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | the Raven | the tall cliff by the waters | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cliff=Location | ||||
| 2 | wait | past | the Raven not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | watch | past | Panther | day | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | wait | past | Panther not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | slumber | participle | the hungry infant not said here | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | slumber | participle · passive | the side of Raven | the hungry infant | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | stretch | participle · passive | the pines's gigantic shadows | to the far result; off land of Sunrise; 1021 obl | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to far=Result | ||||
| 8 | point | participle | Waubú and Nong | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to waubú=Recipient | |||||
| 9 | wake | past | the wee one | then | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 10 | famish | past | the wee one not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | make | past | the wee one not said here | a long wailing | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wailing=Product | ||||
| 12 | shadow | the pines | nom shadow «state 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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