Legends of the Northwest, The Sea-gull, the Ojibwa Legend of the Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior., sentence 22
And again, "While the German princes who reigned at Paris, Toledo, Arles and Ravenna listened with reverence to the instructions of Bishops, adored the relics of martyrs, and took part eagerly in disputes touching the Nicene theology, the rulers of Wessex and Mercia were still performing savage rites in the temples of Thor and Woden."
Who acts: German princes, disputes, rulers · What happens: reign, listen, adore, take, touch, perform · To what, where: Paris, relics, part, disputes, Nicene theology, savage rites
This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Sea-gull, the Ojibwa Legend of the Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (German princes, disputes, rulers), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 adored | cc |
| 2 | again | again | ADV | _ | 28 adored | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 again | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 adored | punct |
| 5 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 19 listened | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 princes | det |
| 7 | German | German | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 princes | amod |
| 8 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 listened | nsubj |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 reigned | nsubj |
| 10 | reigned | reign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 princes | acl:relcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 Paris | case |
| 12 | Paris | Paris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 reigned | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Toledo | punct |
| 14 | Toledo | Toledo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Paris | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Arles | punct |
| 16 | Arles | Arles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Toledo | flat |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 Ravenna | cc |
| 18 | Ravenna | Ravenna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Paris | conj |
| 19 | listened | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 adored | advcl |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 reverence | case |
| 21 | reverence | reverence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 listened | obl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 instructions | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 instructions | det |
| 24 | instructions | instruction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 listened | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Bishops | case |
| 26 | Bishops | bishop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 instructions | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 adored | punct |
| 28 | adored | adore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 relics | det |
| 30 | relics | relic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 adored | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 martyrs | case |
| 32 | martyrs | martyr | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 relics | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 took | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 took | cc |
| 35 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 adored | conj |
| 36 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 took | obj |
| 37 | eagerly | eagerly | ADV | _ | 35 took | advmod |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 disputes | case |
| 39 | disputes | dispute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 took | obl |
| 40 | touching | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 39 disputes | acl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 theology | det |
| 42 | Nicene | Nicene | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 theology | compound |
| 43 | theology | theology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 touching | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 rulers | punct |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 rulers | det |
| 46 | rulers | ruler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 performing | nsubj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 Wessex | case |
| 48 | Wessex | Wessex | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 rulers | nmod |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 Mercia | cc |
| 50 | Mercia | Mercia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Wessex | conj |
| 51 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 performing | aux |
| 52 | still | still | ADV | _ | 53 performing | advmod |
| 53 | performing | perform | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 40 touching | conj |
| 54 | savage | savage | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 rites | amod |
| 55 | rites | rite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 performing | obj |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 temples | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 temples | det |
| 58 | temples | temple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 performing | obl |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 Thor | case |
| 60 | Thor | Thor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 temples | nmod |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 Woden | cc |
| 62 | Woden | Woden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 Thor | conj |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 adored | punct |
| 64 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 adored | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reign in a quote | past | the German princes | Paris and Toledo and Ravenna | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | listen in a quote | past | the German princes | with reverence; to the instructions of Bishops | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to instruction=Theme | ||||
| 3 | adore in a quote | past | the relics of martyrs | again | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer relic=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | take in a quote | past | part | disputes | eagerly property | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in dispute=Location | |||
| 5 | touch in a quote | gerund | disputes not said here | the Nicene theology | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme theology=Co-Theme | ||||
| 6 | perform in a quote | past · progressive | the rulers of Wessex and Mercia | savage rites | the temples of Thor and Woden | still | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rite=Theme | ||
| 7 | instruct in a quote | Bishops | nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=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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