Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 24

Then again the elk and bison on thy grassy banks shall feed, And along the low horizon shall the pluméd hunter speed; Then again on lake and river shall the silent birch canoe Bear the brave with bow and quiver on his way to war or woo: Then the beaver on the meadow shall rebuild his broken wall, And the wolf shall chase his shadow and his mate the panther call.

Who acts: elk, lake, beaver, wolf · What happens: feed, bear, woo, rebuild, break, chase · To what, where: brave, way, broken wall, shadow

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 (elk, lake, beaver, wolf), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 again	advmod
2	again	again	ADV	_	12 feed	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 elk	det
4	elk	elk	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 feed	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bison	cc
6	bison	bison	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 elk	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 banks	case
8	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	10 banks	nmod:poss
9	grassy	grassy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 banks	amod
10	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bison	nmod
11	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 feed	aux
12	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 speed	punct
14	And	and	CCONJ	_	23 speed	cc
15	along	along	ADP	_	18 horizon	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 horizon	det
17	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 horizon	amod
18	horizon	horizon	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 speed	obl
19	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 speed	aux
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 speed	det
21	pluméd	pluméd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 speed	amod
22	hunter	hunter	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 speed	compound
23	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feed	conj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 Bear	punct
25	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	26 again	advmod
26	again	again	ADV	_	28 lake	advmod
27	on	on	ADP	_	28 lake	case
28	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Bear	nsubj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 river	cc
30	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 lake	conj
31	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 Bear	aux
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 canoe	det
33	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 canoe	amod
34	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 canoe	compound
35	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Bear	nsubj
36	Bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 feed	conj
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 brave	det
38	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 Bear	obj
39	with	with	ADP	_	40 bow	case
40	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Bear	obl
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 quiver	cc
42	quiver	quiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 bow	conj
43	on	on	ADP	_	45 way	case
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 way	nmod:poss
45	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Bear	obl
46	to	to	ADP	_	47 war	case
47	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 way	nmod
48	or	or	CCONJ	_	49 woo	cc
49	woo	woo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 Bear	conj
50	:	:	PUNCT	_	58 rebuild	punct
51	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	58 rebuild	advmod
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 beaver	det
53	beaver	beaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 rebuild	nsubj
54	on	on	ADP	_	56 meadow	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 meadow	det
56	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 beaver	nmod
57	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 rebuild	aux
58	rebuild	rebuild	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 feed	parataxis
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 wall	nmod:poss
60	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 wall	amod
61	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 rebuild	obj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 chase	punct
63	And	and	CCONJ	_	67 chase	cc
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 wolf	det
65	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 chase	nsubj
66	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 chase	aux
67	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 rebuild	conj
68	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 shadow	nmod:poss
69	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 chase	obj
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 mate	cc
71	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 mate	nmod:poss
72	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 shadow	conj
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 call	det
74	panther	panther	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 call	compound
75	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 chase	obj
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 feed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	shall	the elk and bison on thy grassy banks			again; then	the pluméd hunter speed along the low horizon conj	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
2	bear	shall	lake and river	the brave	River's way to war		with bow and quiver; the silent birch canoe nsubj	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brave=Patient
3	woo	infinitive	lake and river not said here					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	rebuild	shall	the beaver on the meadow	beaver's broken wall		then		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Result
5	break	participle						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	chase	shall	the wolf	beaver's shadow and beaver's mate			the panther call obj	tree rules
7	shadow		beaver					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 24

The tree

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Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 24