Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 7

Aye, before the birth, of Moses--ere the Pyramids were piled-- All his banks were red with roses from the sea to nor'lands wild, And from forest, fen and meadows, in the deserts of the north, Elk and bison stalked like shadows, and the tawny tribes came forth; Deeds of death and deeds of daring on his leafy banks were done-- Women loved and men went warring--ere the siege of Troy begun.

Who acts: banks, tawny tribes, deeds, Women, men · What happens: ere, pile, be, stalk, come, dare · To what, where: forest, Pyramids, sea, bison, Deeds, leafy banks

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 (banks, tawny tribes, deeds, Women), 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	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	10 ere	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Aye	punct
3	before	before	ADP	_	5 birth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 birth	det
5	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ere	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Moses	punct
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Moses	case
8	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 birth	appos
9	--	--	PUNCT	_	5 birth	punct
10	ere	ere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Pyramids	det
12	Pyramids	pyramid	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 piled	nsubj:pass
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 piled	aux:pass
14	piled	pile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ere	ccomp
15	--	--	PUNCT	_	20 red	punct
16	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 banks	det:predet
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 banks	nmod:poss
18	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 red	nsubj
19	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 red	cop
20	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ere	conj
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 roses	case
22	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 red	obl
23	from	from	ADP	_	25 sea	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 sea	det
25	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 red	obl
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 nor'lands	case
27	nor'lands	nor'land	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 red	obl
28	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 nor'lands	amod
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 forest	punct
30	And	and	CCONJ	_	32 forest	cc
31	from	from	ADP	_	32 forest	case
32	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ere	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 fen	punct
34	fen	fen	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 forest	appos
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 meadows	cc
36	meadows	meadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 fen	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 deserts	punct
38	in	in	ADP	_	40 deserts	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 deserts	det
40	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ere	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 north	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 north	det
43	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 deserts	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Elk	punct
45	Elk	Elk	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 deserts	parataxis
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 bison	cc
47	bison	bison	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 Elk	conj
48	stalked	stalk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 bison	acl
49	like	like	ADP	_	50 shadows	case
50	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 stalked	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 came	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 came	cc
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 tribes	det
54	tawny	tawny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 tribes	amod
55	tribes	tribe	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 came	nsubj
56	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ere	conj
57	forth	forth	ADV	_	56 came	advmod
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 Deeds	punct
59	Deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 came	obl
60	of	of	ADP	_	61 death	case
61	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 Deeds	nmod
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 deeds	cc
63	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 Deeds	conj
64	of	of	SCONJ	_	65 daring	mark
65	daring	dare	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	63 deeds	acl
66	on	on	SCONJ	_	71 done	mark
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 banks	nmod:poss
68	leafy	leafy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 banks	amod
69	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 done	nsubj
70	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 done	aux:pass
71	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 daring	advcl
72	--	--	PUNCT	_	74 loved	punct
73	Women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 loved	nsubj
74	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 Deeds	parataxis
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 went	cc
76	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 went	nsubj
77	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 loved	conj
78	warring	war	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	77 went	xcomp
79	--	--	PUNCT	_	82 siege	punct
80	ere	ere	ADP	_	82 siege	case
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 siege	det
82	siege	siege	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 warring	obl
83	of	of	ADP	_	84 Troy	case
84	Troy	Troy	PROPN	Number=Sing	82 siege	nmod
85	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	82 siege	acl
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 ere	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ere	past			forest	before the birth	in the deserts of the north Elk and bison	tree rules
2	pile	past · passive		the Pyramids				vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
3	is	past	Moses's banks		the sea		with roses; to nor'lands; red property	tree rules
4	stalk	participle		bison not said here			like shadows	vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	come	past	the tawny tribes	Deeds of death and deeds			forth property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	dare	gerund	deeds not said here					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	do	past · passive		Moses's leafy banks				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
8	love	past	Women					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
9	go	past	men					vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	war	gerund	men not said here			ere the siege of Troy		vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	begin	participle		the siege of Troy not said here				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 7

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Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 7