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Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 63

See the smile on the face of the watching moon; No more will the fatal red arrows fly; For the singing shafts of my warriors sped To the bad spirit's bosom and laid him dead, And his blood on the snow of the North lies red.

Who acts: you, fatal red arrows, singing shafts, blood, bad spirit, North · What happens: see, watch, fly, sing, speed, lay · To what, where: smile, face, bosom, Micúnksee

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 (you, fatal red arrows, singing shafts, blood), 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

detobjcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctdetoblauxdetamodamodnsubjconjpunctcasedetamodnsubjcasenmod:possnmodparataxiscasedetamodnmod:posscaseoblccconjobjxcomppunctccnmod:possnsubjcasedetnmodcasedetnmodparataxisxcomppunctrootSeeVERBtheDETsmileNOUNonADPtheDETfaceNOUNofADPtheDETwatchingVERBmoonNOUN;PUNCTNoDETmoreADJwillAUXtheDETfatalADJredADJarrowsNOUNflyVERB;PUNCTForADPtheDETsingingVERBshaftsNOUNofADPmyPRONwarriorsNOUNspedVERBToADPtheDETbadADJspiritNOUN'sPARTbosomNOUNandCCONJlaidVERBhimPRONdeadADJ,PUNCTAndCCONJhisPRONbloodNOUNonADPtheDETsnowNOUNofADPtheDETNorthPROPNliesVERBredADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SeeseeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 smiledet
3smilesmileNOUNNumber=Sing1 Seeobj
4ononADP_6 facecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 facedet
6facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing1 Seeobl
7ofofADP_10 mooncase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 moondet
9watchingwatchVERBVerbForm=Ger10 moonamod
10moonmoonNOUNNumber=Sing6 facenmod
11;;PUNCT_13 morepunct
12NonoDETPronType=Neg13 moredet
13moremoreADJDegree=Cmp1 Seeobl
14willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin19 flyaux
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 arrowsdet
16fatalfatalADJDegree=Pos18 arrowsamod
17redredADJDegree=Pos18 arrowsamod
18arrowsarrowNOUNNumber=Plur19 flynsubj
19flyflyVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 moreconj
20;;PUNCT_24 shaftspunct
21ForforADP_24 shaftscase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 shaftsdet
23singingsingVERBVerbForm=Ger24 shaftsamod
24shaftsshaftNOUNNumber=Plur28 spednsubj
25ofofADP_27 warriorscase
26mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 warriorsnmod:poss
27warriorswarriorNOUNNumber=Plur24 shaftsnmod
28spedspeedVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin1 Seeparataxis
29TotoADP_34 bosomcase
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 spiritdet
31badbadADJDegree=Pos32 spiritamod
32spiritspiritNOUNNumber=Sing34 bosomnmod:poss
33's'sPART_32 spiritcase
34bosombosomNOUNNumber=Sing28 spedobl
35andandCCONJ_36 laidcc
36laidlayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 spedconj
37himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 laidobj
38deaddeadADJDegree=Pos36 laidxcomp
39,,PUNCT_49 liespunct
40AndandCCONJ_49 liescc
41hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 bloodnmod:poss
42bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing49 liesnsubj
43ononADP_45 snowcase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 snowdet
45snowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing42 bloodnmod
46ofofADP_48 Northcase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 Northdet
48NorthNorthPROPNNumber=Sing45 snownmod
49lieslieVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Seeparataxis
50redredADJDegree=Pos49 liesxcomp
51..PUNCT_1 Seepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seeimperativeyou not said herethe smilethe face of the watching moonno more oblvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smile=Stimulus
2watchgerundvn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3flyfuturethe fatal red arrowsvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4sing speech: expressgerundvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5speedpastthe singing shafts of my warriorsthe bad spirit's bosomvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bosom=Destination
6laypastthe singing shafts of my warriors not said hereMicúnkseedead propertyvn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Result
7liepresentMicúnksee's blood on the snow of the Northred propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8bosomthe bad spiritnom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent
9snowthe Northnom snow «phenomenon 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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