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Legends of the Northwest, The Game of Ball. [2], sentence 18

Dark was the visage of Hârpstinà When the robe was laid at her rival's feet, And merry maidens and warriors saw Her flashing eyes and her look of hate, As she turned to Wakâwa, the chief, and said:-- "The game was mine were it fairly played.

Who acts: Dark, feet, merry maidens, acclaim, game · What happens: be, lay, see, turn, say · To what, where: visage, robe, flashing eyes, Wakâwa, merry maidens · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Game of Ball. [2]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dark, feet, merry maidens, acclaim), 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

nsubjcopdetcasenmodmarkdetnsubj:passaux:passaclcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseobl:agentpunctccamodnsubjccconjacl:relclnmod:posscompoundobjccnmod:possconjcasenmodpunctmarknsubjconjcaseoblpunctdetappospunctccconjpunctpunctpunctdetnsubjcopccompcopnsubjadvmodparataxispunctrootDarkADJwasAUXtheDETvisageNOUNofADPHârpstinàPROPNWhenSCONJtheDETrobeNOUNwasAUXlaidVERBatADPherPRONrivalNOUN'sPARTfeetNOUN,PUNCTAndCCONJmerryADJmaidensNOUNandCCONJwarriorsNOUNsawVERBHerPRONflashingNOUNeyesNOUNandCCONJherPRONlookNOUNofADPhateNOUN,PUNCTAsSCONJshePRONturnedVERBtoADPWakâwaPROPN,PUNCTtheDETchiefNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERB:PUNCT--PUNCT"PUNCTTheDETgameNOUNwasAUXminePRONwereAUXitPRONfairlyADVplayedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DarkDarkADJDegree=Pos4 visagensubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 visagecop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 visagedet
4visagevisageNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5ofofADP_6 Hârpstinàcase
6HârpstinàHârpstinàPROPNNumber=Sing4 visagenmod
7WhenwhenSCONJ_11 laidmark
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 robedet
9roberobeNOUNNumber=Sing11 laidnsubj:pass
10wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 laidaux:pass
11laidlayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 visageacl
12atatADP_16 feetcase
13herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 rivalnmod:poss
14rivalrivalNOUNNumber=Sing16 feetnmod:poss
15's'sPART_14 rivalcase
16feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur11 laidobl:agent
17,,PUNCT_23 sawpunct
18AndandCCONJ_23 sawcc
19merrymerryADJDegree=Pos20 maidensamod
20maidensmaidenNOUNNumber=Plur23 sawnsubj
21andandCCONJ_22 warriorscc
22warriorswarriorNOUNNumber=Plur20 maidensconj
23sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 visageacl:relcl
24HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 eyesnmod:poss
25flashingflashingNOUNNumber=Sing26 eyescompound
26eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur23 sawobj
27andandCCONJ_29 lookcc
28herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 looknmod:poss
29looklookNOUNNumber=Sing26 eyesconj
30ofofADP_31 hatecase
31hatehateNOUNNumber=Sing29 looknmod
32,,PUNCT_35 turnedpunct
33AsasSCONJ_35 turnedmark
34sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 turnednsubj
35turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 sawconj
36totoADP_37 Wakâwacase
37WakâwaWakâwaPROPNNumber=Sing35 turnedobl
38,,PUNCT_40 chiefpunct
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 chiefdet
40chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing37 Wakâwaappos
41,,PUNCT_43 saidpunct
42andandCCONJ_43 saidcc
43saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 sawconj
44::PUNCT_50 minepunct
45----PUNCT_50 minepunct
46""PUNCT_50 minepunct
47ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 gamedet
48gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing50 minensubj
49wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin50 minecop
50minemyPRONNumber=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 saidccomp
51werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin54 playedcop
52ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs54 playednsubj
53fairlyfairlyADV_54 playedadvmod
54playedplayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin50 mineparataxis
55..PUNCT_4 visagepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastDarkthe visageof Hârpstinàtree rules
2laypast · passiveHârpstinà's rival's feetthe robevn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
3seepastmerry maidens and warriorsHârpstinà's flashing eyes and Hârpstinà's look of hatevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus
4turnpastacclaimWakâwavn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to wakâwa=Result
5say speech: assertpastmerry maidens and warriors not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6is a in a quotepastthe gamemerry maidens and warriors = maidentree rules
7is in a quotepastgamefairly, play propertytree 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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