Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 151
For the robin cherups his mate to please, The blue bird pipes in the poplar trees, The meadow lark warbles his jubilees, Shrilling his song in the azure seas, Till the welkin throbs to his melodies; And low is the hum of the humble bees, And the Feast of the Virgins is now to be.
Who acts: robin, meadow lark, welkin · What happens: cherup, warble, shrill, throb, be, sing · To what, where: mate, poplar trees, jubilees, song, azure seas, hum
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 (robin, meadow lark, welkin), 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 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 4 cherups | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 robin | det |
| 3 | robin | robin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cherups | nsubj |
| 4 | cherups | cherup | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mate | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cherups | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 please | mark |
| 8 | please | please | INTJ | _ | 13 pipes | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 please | punct |
| 10 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 pipes | det |
| 11 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pipes | amod |
| 12 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pipes | compound |
| 13 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cherups | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 trees | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 trees | det |
| 16 | poplar | poplar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 trees | compound |
| 17 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cherups | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 warbles | punct |
| 19 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 lark | det |
| 20 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 lark | compound |
| 21 | lark | lark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 warbles | nsubj |
| 22 | warbles | warble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cherups | conj |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 jubilees | nmod:poss |
| 24 | jubilees | jubilee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 warbles | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Shrilling | punct |
| 26 | Shrilling | shrill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 warbles | advcl |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 song | nmod:poss |
| 28 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Shrilling | obj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 seas | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 seas | det |
| 31 | azure | azure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 seas | compound |
| 32 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 Shrilling | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 throbs | punct |
| 34 | Till | till | SCONJ | _ | 37 throbs | mark |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 welkin | det |
| 36 | welkin | welkin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 throbs | nsubj |
| 37 | throbs | throb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 Shrilling | conj |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 melodies | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 melodies | nmod:poss |
| 40 | melodies | melody | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 throbs | obl |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 hum | punct |
| 42 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 hum | cc |
| 43 | low | low | ADV | Degree=Pos | 46 hum | advmod |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 hum | cop |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 hum | det |
| 46 | hum | hum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cherups | parataxis |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 bees | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 bees | det |
| 49 | humble | humble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 bees | amod |
| 50 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 hum | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 Feast | punct |
| 52 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 Feast | cc |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 Feast | det |
| 54 | Feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 hum | conj |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 Virgins | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 Virgins | det |
| 57 | Virgins | Virgin | PROPN | Number=Plur | 54 Feast | nmod |
| 58 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 61 be | cop |
| 59 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 61 be | advmod |
| 60 | to | to | PART | _ | 61 be | mark |
| 61 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 46 hum | acl |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cherups | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cherup | present | the robin | robin's mate | the poplar trees | the blue bird pipes obj | tree rules | ||
| 2 | warble | present | the meadow lark | robin's jubilees | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jubilee=Theme | ||||
| 3 | shrill | gerund | the meadow lark not said here | robin's song | the azure seas | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | |||
| 4 | throb | present | the welkin | to robin's melodies | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | the hum and the Feast of the Virgins | of the humble bees; the Feast of the Virgins conj; low property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | sing | robin | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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