Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 14

On thy bosom, Royal River, silent sped the birch canoe, Bearing brave with bow and quiver, on his way to war or woo; Now with flaunting flags and streamers--mighty monsters of the deep-- Lo the puffing, panting steamers, through thy foaming waters sweep; And behold the grain-fields golden, where the bison grazed of eld; See the fanes of forests olden by the ruthless Saxon felled,-- Pluméd pines that spread their shadows ere Columbus spread his sails.

Who acts: Royal River, foaming waters, bison, fanes, Pluméd pines, shadows · What happens: speed, bear, woo, flaunt, pant, sweep · To what, where: birch canoe, bosom, way, steamers, fanes, sails

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Mississippi.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Royal River, foaming waters, bison, fanes), 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	_	3 bosom	case
2	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	3 bosom	nmod:poss
3	bosom	bosom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sped	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bosom	punct
5	Royal	Royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 River	amod
6	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sped	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 silent	punct
8	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 River	amod
9	sped	speed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 canoe	det
11	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 canoe	compound
12	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sped	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Bearing	punct
14	Bearing	bear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 sped	advcl
15	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Bearing	xcomp
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 bow	case
17	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Bearing	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 quiver	cc
19	quiver	quiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bow	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 way	punct
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 way	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 way	nmod:poss
23	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Bearing	obl
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 war	case
25	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 way	nmod
26	or	or	CCONJ	_	27 woo	cc
27	woo	woo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 war	conj
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 flags	punct
29	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	32 flags	advmod
30	with	with	ADP	_	32 flags	case
31	flaunting	flaunt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	32 flags	amod
32	flags	flag	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sped	obl
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 streamers	cc
34	streamers	streamer	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 flags	conj
35	--	--	PUNCT	_	37 monsters	punct
36	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 monsters	amod
37	monsters	monster	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 flags	conj
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 deep	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 deep	det
40	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 monsters	nmod
41	--	--	PUNCT	_	44 puffing	punct
42	Lo	lo	INTJ	_	44 puffing	discourse
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 puffing	det
44	puffing	puffing	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 flags	conj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 panting	punct
46	panting	pant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 sped	advcl
47	steamers	steamer	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 panting	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 sweep	punct
49	through	through	SCONJ	_	53 sweep	mark
50	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	52 waters	nmod:poss
51	foaming	foaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 waters	compound
52	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 sweep	nsubj
53	sweep	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 panting	advcl
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	61 golden	punct
55	And	and	CCONJ	_	61 golden	cc
56	behold	behold	INTJ	_	61 golden	discourse
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 fields	det
58	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 fields	compound
59	-	-	PUNCT	_	58 grain	punct
60	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 golden	nsubj
61	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sped	parataxis
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 grazed	punct
63	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	66 grazed	advmod
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 bison	det
65	bison	bison	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 grazed	nsubj
66	grazed	graze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 golden	conj
67	of	of	ADP	_	68 eld	case
68	eld	eld	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 grazed	obl
69	;	;	PUNCT	_	70 See	punct
70	See	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 golden	conj
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 fanes	det
72	fanes	fane	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 See	obj
73	of	of	ADP	_	74 forests	case
74	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 fanes	nmod
75	olden	olden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 felled	parataxis
76	by	by	ADP	_	79 Saxon	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 Saxon	det
78	ruthless	ruthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 Saxon	amod
79	Saxon	Saxon	PROPN	Number=Sing	75 olden	obl
80	felled	fell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 fanes	acl:relcl
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 pines	punct
82	--	--	PUNCT	_	84 pines	punct
83	Pluméd	Pluméd	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 pines	compound
84	pines	pine	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 See	obl
85	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	86 spread	nsubj
86	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	84 pines	acl:relcl
87	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	88 shadows	nmod:poss
88	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 ere	nsubj
89	ere	ere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 spread	ccomp
90	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	Number=Sing	91 spread	nsubj
91	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	89 ere	ccomp
92	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	93 sails	nmod:poss
93	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	91 spread	obj
94	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 sped	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	speed	past	Royal River	the birch canoe	thy bosom	with flaunting flags and streamers and mighty monsters of the deep and the puffing	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent canoe=Theme on bosom=Trajectory
2	bear	gerund	Royal River not said here		River's way to war	with bow and quiver; brave property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	woo	infinitive	Royal River not said here				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	flaunt	gerund					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	pant	gerund	Royal River not said here	steamers			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steamer=Topic
6	sweep	present	thy foaming waters				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	graze	past	the bison			of eld	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	see	infinitive	Royal River not said here	the fanes of forests		Pluméd pines obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fane=Stimulus
9	fell	past	the fanes of forests not said here				tree rules
10	spread	present	Pluméd pines				tree rules
11	ere	past	Fields's shadows				tree rules
12	spread	past	Columbus	River's sails			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sail=Theme
13	bosom		thy				nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent
14	shadow		Fields = field				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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Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 14