Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 68
Wiwâstè, wrapped in her robe and sleep Heard not the storm-sprites wail and weep, As they rode on the winds in the frosty air; But she heard the voice of her hunter fair; For a shadowy spirit with fairy fingers The curtains drew from the land of dreams; And lo in her teepee her lover lingers; The light of love in his dark eye beams, And his voice is the music of mountain streams.
Who acts: storm sprites, robes, Wiwâstè, curtains, lover, voice · What happens: wrap, not wail, weep, rode, hear, draw · To what, where: Wiwâstè, robe, winds, voice, fairy fingers, land
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 (storm sprites, robes, Wiwâstè, curtains), 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 | Wiwâstè | Wiwâstè | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 heard | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrapped | punct |
| 3 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Wiwâstè | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 robe | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 robe | nmod:poss |
| 6 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrapped | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sleep | cc |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 robe | conj |
| 9 | Heard | Heard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 robe | flat |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 wail | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sprites | det |
| 12 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sprites | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 storm | punct |
| 14 | sprites | sprite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 wail | nsubj |
| 15 | wail | wail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrapped | advcl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 weep | cc |
| 17 | weep | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 wail | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 rode | punct |
| 19 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 rode | mark |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 rode | nsubj |
| 21 | rode | rode | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 wail | conj |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 winds | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 winds | det |
| 24 | winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 rode | obl |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 air | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 air | det |
| 27 | frosty | frosty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 air | amod |
| 28 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 winds | nmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 heard | punct |
| 30 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 heard | cc |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 heard | nsubj |
| 32 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 voice | det |
| 34 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 heard | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 hunter | case |
| 36 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 hunter | nmod:poss |
| 37 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 voice | nmod |
| 38 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 heard | xcomp |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 spirit | punct |
| 40 | For | for | ADP | _ | 43 spirit | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 spirit | det |
| 42 | shadowy | shadowy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 spirit | amod |
| 43 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 heard | obl |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 fingers | case |
| 45 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 fingers | compound |
| 46 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 spirit | nmod |
| 47 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 curtains | det |
| 48 | curtains | curtain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 drew | nsubj |
| 49 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 fingers | acl:relcl |
| 50 | from | from | ADP | _ | 52 land | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 land | det |
| 52 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 drew | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 dreams | case |
| 54 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 land | nmod |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 63 lingers | punct |
| 56 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 lingers | cc |
| 57 | lo | lo | INTJ | _ | 63 lingers | discourse |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 teepee | case |
| 59 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 teepee | nmod:poss |
| 60 | teepee | teepee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 lo | obl |
| 61 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 lover | nmod:poss |
| 62 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 lingers | nsubj |
| 63 | lingers | linger | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 heard | conj |
| 64 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 light | punct |
| 65 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 light | det |
| 66 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 lingers | obj |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 love | case |
| 68 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 light | nmod |
| 69 | in | in | ADP | _ | 73 beams | case |
| 70 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 73 beams | nmod:poss |
| 71 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 beams | amod |
| 72 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 beams | compound |
| 73 | beams | beam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 lingers | obl |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 music | punct |
| 75 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 80 music | cc |
| 76 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 77 voice | nmod:poss |
| 77 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 music | nsubj |
| 78 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 80 music | cop |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 80 music | det |
| 80 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 lingers | obl |
| 81 | of | of | ADP | _ | 83 streams | case |
| 82 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 83 streams | compound |
| 83 | streams | stream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 80 music | nmod |
| 84 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wrap | participle | Wiwâstè not said here | Wiwâstè's robe and sleep | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in robe=Destination | ||||
| 2 | not wail | present | the storm sprites | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | weep | present | the storm sprites not said here | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | rode | present | robes = robe | the winds in the frosty air | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | hear | past | Wiwâstè | the voice of Wiwâstè's hunter | for a shadowy spirit with fairy fingers; sprite nsubj; fair property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | draw | past | the curtains | fairy fingers not said here | the land of dreams | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent finger=Theme from land=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | linger | present | Wiwâstè's lover | the light of love | lover's dark eye beams | tree rules | |||
| 8 | is a | present | lover's voice | the music | of mountain streams | tree rules | |||
| 9 | light | love | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | beam | lover | nom beam «communication 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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