Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 70
And then she saw in her dreams the deep Where the spirit wailed, and a falling star; Then stealthily crouching under the trees, By the light of the moon, the Kan-ó-ti-dan, [31] The little, wizened, mysterious man, With his long locks tossed by the moaning breeze.
Who acts: Wiwâstè, spirit, Kan · What happens: see, dream, wail, fall, crouch, dan · To what, where: falling star, deep, trees, long locks, moon · 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 (Wiwâstè, spirit, Kan), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 saw | cc |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 saw | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 7 dreams | mark |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dreams | nsubj |
| 7 | dreams | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 deep | det |
| 9 | deep | deep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dreams | obj |
| 10 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 wailed | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 spirit | det |
| 12 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wailed | nsubj |
| 13 | wailed | wail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 deep | acl:relcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 star | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 star | cc |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 star | det |
| 17 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 star | amod |
| 18 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 crouching | punct |
| 20 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 crouching | advmod |
| 21 | stealthily | stealthily | ADV | _ | 22 crouching | advmod |
| 22 | crouching | crouch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 saw | advcl |
| 23 | under | under | ADP | _ | 25 trees | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 trees | det |
| 25 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 crouching | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 light | punct |
| 27 | By | by | ADP | _ | 29 light | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 light | det |
| 29 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 crouching | conj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 moon | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 moon | det |
| 32 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 light | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 dan | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 dan | det |
| 35 | Kan | Kan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 dan | nsubj |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 Kan | punct |
| 37 | ó | ó | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 dan | nsubj |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 ó | punct |
| 39 | ti | ti | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 dan | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 dan | punct |
| 41 | dan | dan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 crouching | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 31 | punct |
| 43 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 44 31 | punct |
| 44 | 31 | 31 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 41 dan | appos |
| 45 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 44 31 | punct |
| 46 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 little | det |
| 47 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 31 | obl:unmarked |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 wizened | punct |
| 49 | wizened | wizen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 dan | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 man | punct |
| 51 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 man | amod |
| 52 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 dan | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 locks | punct |
| 54 | With | with | ADP | _ | 57 locks | case |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 locks | nmod:poss |
| 56 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 locks | amod |
| 57 | locks | lock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 crouching | obl |
| 58 | tossed | toss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 locks | acl |
| 59 | by | by | ADP | _ | 62 breeze | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 breeze | det |
| 61 | moaning | moan | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 62 breeze | amod |
| 62 | breeze | breeze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 tossed | obl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Wiwâstè | a falling star | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | dream | present | Wiwâstè | the deep | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deep=Topic | ||||
| 3 | wail | past | the spirit | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | fall | gerund | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | crouch | gerund | Wiwâstè not said here | the trees | then | with ó's long locks; the light of the moon conj; stealthily property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Location | ||
| 6 | dan | Kan | ó nsubj; 31 appos; mysterious man conj | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | wizen | participle | Kan not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 8 | toss | participle | ó's long locks not said here | by the moaning breeze | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by breeze=Destination | ||||
| 9 | moan | gerund | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 10 | light | the moon | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
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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