Legends of the Northwest, The Game of Ball. [2], sentence 3
On the solid ice of the silent river The bounds are marked, and a splendid prize, A robe of black fox lined with beaver-- Is hung in view of the eager eyes; And fifty merry Dakota maidens, The fairest moulded of woman kind, Are gathered in groups on the level ice.
Who acts: silent river · What happens: mark, line, hang, mould, gather, view · To what, where: bounds, black fox, fifty merry Dakota maidens, solid ice, groups, eager eyes
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 (silent river), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 ice | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ice | det |
| 3 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ice | amod |
| 4 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 hung | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 river | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 river | det |
| 7 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 river | amod |
| 8 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ice | nmod |
| 9 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bounds | det |
| 10 | bounds | bound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 marked | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 marked | aux:pass |
| 12 | marked | mark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 river | acl:relcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 prize | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 prize | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 prize | det |
| 16 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 prize | amod |
| 17 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ice | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 robe | punct |
| 19 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 robe | det |
| 20 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 prize | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 fox | case |
| 22 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 fox | amod |
| 23 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 robe | nmod |
| 24 | lined | line | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 fox | acl |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 beaver | case |
| 26 | beaver | beaver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 lined | obl |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 4 ice | punct |
| 28 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 hung | aux:pass |
| 29 | hung | hang | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 view | case |
| 31 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 hung | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 eyes | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 eyes | det |
| 34 | eager | eager | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 eyes | amod |
| 35 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 view | nmod |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 maidens | punct |
| 37 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 maidens | cc |
| 38 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 maidens | nummod |
| 39 | merry | merry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 maidens | amod |
| 40 | Dakota | Dakota | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 maidens | compound |
| 41 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 hung | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 fairest | punct |
| 43 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 fairest | det |
| 44 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 41 maidens | appos |
| 45 | moulded | mould | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 fairest | acl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 kind | case |
| 47 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 kind | compound |
| 48 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 moulded | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 gathered | punct |
| 50 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 gathered | aux:pass |
| 51 | gathered | gather | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 hung | conj |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 groups | case |
| 53 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 gathered | obl |
| 54 | on | on | ADP | _ | 57 ice | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 ice | det |
| 56 | level | level | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 ice | compound |
| 57 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 gathered | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 hung | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mark | present · passive | the silent river not said here | the bounds | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 2 | line | participle | black fox not said here | with beaver | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with beaver=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hang | present · passive | fifty merry Dakota maidens | the solid ice of the silent river and a splendid prize | in view of the eager eyes | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: on ice=Location | |||
| 4 | mould | participle | of woman kind | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | gather | present · passive | groups | on the level ice | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V» | ||||
| 6 | view | the eager eyes | nom view «cognition 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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