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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 1, sentence 44

"She has followed the years that are gone," he said; "The spirits the words of the witch fulfill; For I saw the ghost of my father dead, By the moon's dim light on the misty hill.

Who acts: years, breast, spirits, moon · What happens: follow, be, say, fulfill, see, ghost · To what, where: visage, ghost, father, misty hill · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (years, breast, spirits, moon), 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

punctnsubj:passauxadvcldetnsubjnsubjcoppunctpunctnsubjconjpunctpunctdetnsubjdetnsubjcasedetoblccomppunctmarknsubjccompdetobjcasenmod:possnmodamodpunctcasedetnmod:posscaseamodoblcasedetamodnmodpunctroot"PUNCTShePRONhasAUXfollowedVERBtheDETyearsNOUNthatPRONareAUXgoneADJ,PUNCT"PUNCThePRONsaidVERB;PUNCT"PUNCTTheDETspiritsNOUNtheDETwordsNOUNofADPtheDETwitchNOUNfulfillVERB;PUNCTForSCONJIPRONsawVERBtheDETghostNOUNofADPmyPRONfatherNOUNdeadADJ,PUNCTByADPtheDETmoonNOUN'sPARTdimADJlightNOUNonADPtheDETmistyADJhillNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_4 followedpunct
2SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 followednsubj:pass
3hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 followedaux
4followedfollowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 goneadvcl
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 yearsdet
6yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur9 gonensubj
7thatthatPRONPronType=Rel9 gonensubj
8arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 gonecop
9gonegoneADJDegree=Posrootroot
10,,PUNCT_13 saidpunct
11""PUNCT_13 saidpunct
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 saidnsubj
13saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 goneconj
14;;PUNCT_23 fulfillpunct
15""PUNCT_17 spiritspunct
16ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 spiritsdet
17spiritsspiritNOUNNumber=Plur23 fulfillnsubj
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 wordsdet
19wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur23 fulfillnsubj
20ofofADP_22 witchcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 witchdet
22witchwitchNOUNNumber=Sing23 fulfillobl
23fulfillfulfillVERBVerbForm=Inf13 saidccomp
24;;PUNCT_27 sawpunct
25ForforSCONJ_27 sawmark
26IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs27 sawnsubj
27sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 fulfillccomp
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 ghostdet
29ghostghostNOUNNumber=Sing27 sawobj
30ofofADP_32 fathercase
31mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 fathernmod:poss
32fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing29 ghostnmod
33deaddeadADJDegree=Pos32 fatheramod
34,,PUNCT_40 lightpunct
35BybyADP_40 lightcase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 moondet
37moonmoonNOUNNumber=Sing40 lightnmod:poss
38's'sPART_37 mooncase
39dimdimADJDegree=Pos40 lightamod
40lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing27 sawobl
41ononADP_44 hillcase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 hilldet
43mistymistyADJDegree=Pos44 hillamod
44hillhillNOUNNumber=Sing40 lightnmod
45..PUNCT_9 gonepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1follow in a quotepresent · perfect · passivevisagevn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2is in a quotepresentthe yearsthat nsubj; gone propertytree rules
3say speech: assertpastbreastvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4fulfill in a quoteinfinitivethe spiritsof the witch; the words nsubjtree rules
5see in a quotepastbreastthe ghost of my fatherby the moon's dim light on the misty hillvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ghost=Stimulus
6ghost in a quotemy fathernom ghost «cognition transitive»: of=patient
7light in a quotethe moonthe misty hillnom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent on=place

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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