Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 21
Proud was the chief of his warriors proud, The sinewy sons of the Giant's race; But the bravest of all was the tall Red Cloud; The eyes of the panther were set in his face; He strode like a stag and he stood like a pine; Ten feathers he wore at the great Wanmdeé; [13] With crimsoned quills of the porcupine His leggins were worked to his brawny knee.
Who acts: Proud, chief, porcupine · What happens: be, set, stride, stand, wear, crimson · To what, where: chief, tall Red Cloud, eyes, face, Ten feathers, great Wanmdeé
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 (Proud, chief, porcupine), 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 | Proud | Proud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 chief | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chief | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 chief | det |
| 4 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 warriors | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 warriors | nmod:poss |
| 7 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 chief | nmod |
| 8 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 warriors | amod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sons | punct |
| 10 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sons | det |
| 11 | sinewy | sinewy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 sons | amod |
| 12 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 chief | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 race | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 race | det |
| 15 | Giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 race | amod |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 Giant | case |
| 17 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sons | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 bravest | punct |
| 19 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 bravest | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 bravest | det |
| 21 | bravest | brave | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 chief | conj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 all | case |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 Cloud | obl |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 Cloud | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Cloud | det |
| 26 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 Cloud | amod |
| 27 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Cloud | flat |
| 28 | Cloud | Cloud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 bravest | obl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 set | punct |
| 30 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 eyes | det |
| 31 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 set | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 panther | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 panther | det |
| 34 | panther | panther | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 eyes | nmod |
| 35 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 set | aux:pass |
| 36 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 chief | acl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 face | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 face | nmod:poss |
| 39 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 set | obl |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 strode | punct |
| 41 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 strode | nsubj |
| 42 | strode | stride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 set | parataxis |
| 43 | like | like | ADP | _ | 45 stag | case |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 stag | det |
| 45 | stag | stag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 strode | obl |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 stood | cc |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 stood | nsubj |
| 48 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 strode | conj |
| 49 | like | like | ADP | _ | 51 pine | case |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 pine | det |
| 51 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 stood | obl |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 feathers | punct |
| 53 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 54 feathers | nummod |
| 54 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 stood | obl |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 wore | nsubj |
| 56 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 feathers | acl:relcl |
| 57 | at | at | ADP | _ | 60 Wanmdeé | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 Wanmdeé | det |
| 59 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 Wanmdeé | amod |
| 60 | Wanmdeé | Wanmdeé | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 wore | obl |
| 61 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 63 13 | punct |
| 62 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 63 13 | punct |
| 63 | 13 | 13 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 36 set | parataxis |
| 64 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 63 13 | punct |
| 65 | With | with | ADP | _ | 67 quills | case |
| 66 | crimsoned | crimson | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 67 quills | amod |
| 67 | quills | quill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 set | obl |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 porcupine | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 porcupine | det |
| 70 | porcupine | porcupine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 quills | nmod |
| 71 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 leggins | nmod:poss |
| 72 | leggins | leggin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 worked | nsubj:pass |
| 73 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 74 worked | aux:pass |
| 74 | worked | work | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 70 porcupine | acl:relcl |
| 75 | to | to | ADP | _ | 78 knee | case |
| 76 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 78 knee | nmod:poss |
| 77 | brawny | brawny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 78 knee | amod |
| 78 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 worked | obl |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 chief | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Proud | the chief and the sinewy sons of the Giant race | of Proud's warriors; the sinewy sons of the Giant race conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | Proud not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is a | past | the tall Red Cloud | of all | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | set | past · passive | the chief and the sinewy sons of the Giant race not said here | the eyes of the panther | Proud's face | with crimsoned quills of the porcupine; 13 parataxis | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in face=Destination | ||
| 5 | stride | past | Proud | like a stag | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | stand | past | Proud | Ten feathers | like a pine | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 7 | wear | past | Proud | Ten feathers not said here | the great Wanmdeé | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Source | |||
| 8 | crimson | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 9 | work | past · passive | the porcupine not said here | Proud's leggins | to Proud's brawny knee | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material |
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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