Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 20
For the meat and the water, they say, are cold, And great is Heyóka and wonderful wise; He floats on the flood and he walks in the skies, And ever appears in a strange disguise; But he loves the brave and their sacrifice; And the warrior that scorneth the foe and fire Heyóka will crown with his heart's desire.
Who acts: warriors, Heyóka, warrior, heart · What happens: say, be, float, walk, appear, love · To what, where: great Heyóka, flood, skies, strange disguise, brave, foe · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (warriors, Heyóka, warrior, heart), 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 | ADP | _ | 3 meat | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 meat | det |
| 3 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 say | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 water | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meat | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 meat | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 say | nsubj |
| 9 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 cold | punct |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 cold | cop |
| 12 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 say | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 wise | punct |
| 14 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 wise | cc |
| 15 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Heyóka | amod |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 Heyóka | cop |
| 17 | Heyóka | Heyóka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 wise | nsubj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 wise | cc |
| 19 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 wise | amod |
| 20 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 say | parataxis |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 floats | punct |
| 22 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 floats | nsubj |
| 23 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 say | conj |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 flood | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 flood | det |
| 26 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 floats | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 walks | cc |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 walks | nsubj |
| 29 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 floats | conj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 skies | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 skies | det |
| 32 | skies | sky | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 walks | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 appears | punct |
| 34 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 appears | cc |
| 35 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 36 appears | advmod |
| 36 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 floats | conj |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 disguise | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 disguise | det |
| 39 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 disguise | amod |
| 40 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 appears | obl |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 loves | punct |
| 42 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 44 loves | cc |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 loves | nsubj |
| 44 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 say | parataxis |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 brave | det |
| 46 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 loves | obj |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 sacrifice | cc |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 sacrifice | nmod:poss |
| 49 | sacrifice | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 brave | conj |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 62 crown | punct |
| 51 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 crown | cc |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 warrior | det |
| 53 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 crown | nsubj |
| 54 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 scorneth | nsubj |
| 55 | scorneth | scorn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 warrior | acl:relcl |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 foe | det |
| 57 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 scorneth | obj |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 fire | cc |
| 59 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 foe | conj |
| 60 | Heyóka | Heyóka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 crown | nsubj |
| 61 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 crown | aux |
| 62 | crown | crown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 say | conj |
| 63 | with | with | ADP | _ | 67 desire | case |
| 64 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 heart | nmod:poss |
| 65 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 desire | nmod:poss |
| 66 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 65 heart | case |
| 67 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 crown | obl |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | warriors = warrior | for the meat and the water | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | cold property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | great Heyóka | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | float | present | Heyóka | the flood | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on flood=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | walk | present | Heyóka | the skies | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | appear | present | Heyóka not said here | a strange disguise | ever | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in disguise=Location | |||
| 7 | love | present | Heyóka | the brave and warriors's sacrifice | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brave=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | scorn | present | the warrior | the foe and fire | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Theme | ||||
| 9 | crown | future | the warrior | with Heyóka's heart's desire; Heyóka nsubj | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with desire=Theme | ||||
| 10 | sacrifice | warriors = warrior | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | desire | Heyóka's heart | nom desire «feeling transitive»: 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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