Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 25
From the prairies and the regions where the pine-plumed forest grows Shall arise the tawny legions with their lances and their bows; And again the shouts of battle shall resound along the plain, Bows shall twang and quivers rattle, women wail their warriors slain.
Who acts: plumed forest, Shall, Bows, quivers, women · What happens: plume, grow, arise, shout, resound, twang · To what, where: tawny legions, plain, prairies, warriors · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (plumed forest, Shall, Bows, quivers), 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 | From | from | ADP | _ | 3 prairies | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prairies | det |
| 3 | prairies | prairie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 twang | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 regions | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 regions | det |
| 6 | regions | region | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 prairies | conj |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 grows | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 forest | det |
| 9 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 plumed | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 pine | punct |
| 11 | plumed | plume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 forest | amod |
| 12 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 grows | nsubj |
| 13 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 regions | acl |
| 14 | Shall | Shall | PROPN | Number=Plur | 15 arise | nsubj |
| 15 | arise | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 grows | ccomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 legions | det |
| 17 | tawny | tawny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 legions | amod |
| 18 | legions | legion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 arise | obj |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 lances | case |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 lances | nmod:poss |
| 21 | lances | lance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 legions | nmod |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 bows | cc |
| 23 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 bows | nmod:poss |
| 24 | bows | bow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 lances | conj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 shouts | punct |
| 26 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 shouts | cc |
| 27 | again | again | ADV | _ | 29 shouts | advmod |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 shouts | det |
| 29 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 grows | conj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 battle | case |
| 31 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 resound | obl |
| 32 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 resound | aux |
| 33 | resound | resound | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 shouts | ccomp |
| 34 | along | along | ADP | _ | 36 plain | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 plain | det |
| 36 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 resound | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 prairies | punct |
| 38 | Bows | Bows | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 twang | nsubj |
| 39 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 twang | aux |
| 40 | twang | twang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 rattle | cc |
| 42 | quivers | quiver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 rattle | nsubj |
| 43 | rattle | rattle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 twang | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 wail | punct |
| 45 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 wail | nsubj |
| 46 | wail | wail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 twang | conj |
| 47 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 warriors | nmod:poss |
| 48 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 wail | obj |
| 49 | slain | slain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 wail | obj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 40 twang | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plume | participle | pine compound | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grow | present | the plumed forest | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | arise | present | Shall | the tawny legions | with Shall's lances and Shall's bows | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location legion=Theme | |||
| 4 | shout speech: express | present | the plumed forest not said here | again | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | resound | shall | the plain | of battle | vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along plain=Location | ||||
| 6 | twang | shall | Bows | the prairies and the regions | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | rattle | present | quivers | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | wail | present | women | Shall's warriors | slain obj | tree rules |
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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