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Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 32

Three times Wakâwa puffed forth the smoke From his silent lips; then he slowly spoke: "Mâhpíya is strong as the stout-armed oak That stands on the bluff by the windy plain, And laughs at the roar of the hurricane.

Who acts: Wakâwa, Mâhpíya, That, hurricane · What happens: puff, speak, be, stand, laugh, roar · To what, where: smoke, silent lips, bluff, roar · 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 (Wakâwa, Mâhpíya, That, hurricane), 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

nummodobl:unmarkednsubjadvmoddetobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctadvmodnsubjadvmodparataxispunctpunctnsubjcopparataxiscasedetcompoundpunctamodoblnsubjconjcasedetoblcasedetamodoblpunctccparataxiscasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootThreeNUMtimesNOUNWakâwaPROPNpuffedVERBforthADVtheDETsmokeNOUNFromADPhisPRONsilentADJlipsNOUN;PUNCTthenADVhePRONslowlyADVspokeVERB:PUNCT"PUNCTMâhpíyaPROPNisAUXstrongADJasADPtheDETstoutADJ-PUNCTarmedADJoakNOUNThatPRONstandsVERBonADPtheDETbluffNOUNbyADPtheDETwindyADJplainNOUN,PUNCTAndCCONJlaughsVERBatADPtheDETroarNOUNofADPtheDEThurricaneNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThreethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 timesnummod
2timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur4 puffedobl:unmarked
3WakâwaWakâwaPROPNNumber=Sing4 puffednsubj
4puffedpuffVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5forthforthADV_4 puffedadvmod
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 smokedet
7smokesmokeNOUNNumber=Sing4 puffedobj
8FromfromADP_11 lipscase
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 lipsnmod:poss
10silentsilentADJDegree=Pos11 lipsamod
11lipslipNOUNNumber=Plur4 puffedobl
12;;PUNCT_16 spokepunct
13thenthenADVPronType=Dem16 spokeadvmod
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 spokensubj
15slowlyslowlyADV_16 spokeadvmod
16spokespeakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 puffedparataxis
17::PUNCT_21 strongpunct
18""PUNCT_21 strongpunct
19MâhpíyaMâhpíyaPROPNNumber=Sing21 strongnsubj
20isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 strongcop
21strongstrongADJDegree=Pos16 spokeparataxis
22asasADP_27 oakcase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 oakdet
24stoutstoutADJDegree=Pos26 armedcompound
25--PUNCT_24 stoutpunct
26armedarmedADJDegree=Pos27 oakamod
27oakoakNOUNNumber=Sing29 standsobl
28ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem29 standsnsubj
29standsstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 strongconj
30ononADP_32 bluffcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 bluffdet
32bluffbluffNOUNNumber=Sing29 standsobl
33bybyADP_36 plaincase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 plaindet
35windywindyADJDegree=Pos36 plainamod
36plainplainNOUNNumber=Sing29 standsobl
37,,PUNCT_39 laughspunct
38AndandCCONJ_39 laughscc
39laughslaughVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 puffedparataxis
40atatADP_42 roarcase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 roardet
42roarroarNOUNNumber=Sing39 laughsobl
43ofofADP_45 hurricanecase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 hurricanedet
45hurricanehurricaneNOUNNumber=Sing42 roarnmod
46..PUNCT_4 puffedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1puffpastWakâwathe smokeWakâwa's silent lipstimeforth propertytree rules
2speak speech: otherpastWakâwathenslowly propertytree rules
3is in a quotepresentMâhpíyastrong propertytree rules
4stand in a quotepresentThatthe bluffas the armed oak; by the windy plainvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bluff=Location
5laugh in a quotepresentthe roar of the hurricanevn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6roar in a quotethe hurricanenom roar «event intransitive»: of=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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