Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 122
The proud Red Cloud will revenge his wrong Let the brave be patient, it is not long Till the leaves be green on the maple tree, And the Feast of the Virgins is then to be;-- The Feast of the Virgins is then to be!"
Who acts: Revenge, leaves, Feast · What happens: let, be, not be · To what, where: maple tree, proud Red Cloud
This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Revenge, leaves, Feast), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Cloud | det |
| 2 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Cloud | amod |
| 3 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Cloud | flat |
| 4 | Cloud | Cloud | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 revenge | aux |
| 6 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Cloud | nmod |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 wrong | nmod:poss |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 revenge | amod |
| 9 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 wrong | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 patient | det |
| 11 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 patient | amod |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 patient | cop |
| 13 | patient | patient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Let | fixed |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 long | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 long | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 long | cop |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 long | advmod |
| 18 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 patient | conj |
| 19 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 23 green | mark |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 leaves | det |
| 21 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 green | nsubj |
| 22 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 green | cop |
| 23 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 long | advcl |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 tree | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 tree | det |
| 26 | maple | maple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 tree | compound |
| 27 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 green | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Feast | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 Feast | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Feast | det |
| 31 | Feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 tree | appos |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Virgins | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Virgins | det |
| 34 | Virgins | Virgin | PROPN | Number=Plur | 31 Feast | nmod |
| 35 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 be | cop |
| 36 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 38 be | advmod |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 be | mark |
| 38 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 long | conj |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 be | punct |
| 40 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 42 Feast | punct |
| 41 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Feast | det |
| 42 | Feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 be | nsubj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Virgins | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Virgins | det |
| 45 | Virgins | Virgin | PROPN | Number=Plur | 42 Feast | nmod |
| 46 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 be | cop |
| 47 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 49 be | advmod |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 be | mark |
| 49 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 patient | conj |
| 50 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 Let | punct |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 revenge | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | infinitive | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | infinitive | patient property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not is | present | Revenge | long property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | infinitive | the leaves | the maple tree | green property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is | present | Revenge not said here | then | be property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | is | present | the Feast of the Virgins | then | be property | 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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