Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 18

Still, methinks, the dusky shadows of the days that are no more Stalk around the lakes and meadows, haunting oft the wonted shore,-- Hunters from the land of spirits seek the bison and the deer, Where the Saxon now inherits golden field and silver mere; And beside the mound where burried lies the dark-eyed maid he loves, Some tall warrior, wan and wearied, in the misty moonlight moves.

Who acts: days, Hunters, Saxon, misty moonlight · What happens: not be, haunt, wont, seek, inherit, burry · To what, where: more Stalk, lakes, wonted shore, methinks, golden field, eyed maid

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 (days, Hunters, Saxon, misty moonlight), 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	Still	still	ADV	_	3 methinks	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Still	punct
3	methinks	methink	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 seek	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 shadows	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shadows	det
6	dusky	dusky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shadows	amod
7	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 methinks	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 days	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 days	det
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shadows	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 Stalk	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 Stalk	cop
13	no	no	ADV	_	15 Stalk	advmod
14	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 Stalk	amod
15	Stalk	stalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 days	acl:relcl
16	around	around	ADP	_	18 lakes	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lakes	det
18	lakes	lake	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 Stalk	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 meadows	cc
20	meadows	meadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 lakes	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 haunting	punct
22	haunting	haunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 Stalk	conj
23	oft	oft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 haunting	xcomp
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 shore	det
25	wonted	wont	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 shore	amod
26	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 haunting	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 methinks	punct
28	--	--	PUNCT	_	29 Hunters	punct
29	Hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 seek	nsubj
30	from	from	ADP	_	32 land	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 land	det
32	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 Hunters	nmod
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 spirits	case
34	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 land	nmod
35	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 bison	det
37	bison	bison	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 seek	obj
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 deer	cc
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 deer	det
40	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 bison	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 inherits	punct
42	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	46 inherits	advmod
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 Saxon	det
44	Saxon	Saxon	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 inherits	nsubj
45	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	46 inherits	advmod
46	inherits	inherit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 bison	acl:relcl
47	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 field	amod
48	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 inherits	obj
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 mere	cc
50	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 mere	compound
51	mere	mere	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 field	conj
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 lies	punct
53	And	and	CCONJ	_	59 lies	cc
54	beside	beside	ADP	_	56 mound	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 mound	det
56	mound	mound	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 lies	obl
57	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	58 burried	advmod
58	burried	burry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 mound	acl
59	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 seek	conj
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 maid	det
61	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 eyed	amod
62	-	-	PUNCT	_	61 dark	punct
63	eyed	eyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 maid	amod
64	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 lies	obj
65	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 loves	nsubj
66	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	64 maid	acl:relcl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 warrior	punct
68	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	70 warrior	det
69	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 warrior	amod
70	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 maid	conj
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 wan	punct
72	wan	wan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 warrior	amod
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 wearied	cc
74	wearied	weary	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	72 wan	conj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 moves	punct
76	in	in	SCONJ	_	80 moves	mark
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 moonlight	det
78	misty	misty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 moonlight	amod
79	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 moves	nsubj
80	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 lies	conj
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	35 seek	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	the days	more Stalk	the lakes and meadows			tree rules
2	haunt	gerund	the days not said here	the wonted shore			oft property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shore=Experiencer
3	wont	participle						tree rules
4	seek	present	Hunters from the land of spirits	methinks and the dusky shadows of the days			the bison and the deer obj	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bison=Theme
5	inherit	present	the Saxon	golden field and silver mere		now		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme
6	burry	participle						tree rules
7	lie	present	Hunters from the land of spirits not said here	the eyed maid and some tall warrior	the mound			tree rules
8	love	present	Saxon	the eyed maid and some tall warrior not said here				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maid=Stimulus
9	weary	participle	Hunters from the land of spirits not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
10	move	present	the misty moonlight					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
11	shadow			the days				nom shadow «state 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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 18

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Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 18