Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 1, sentence 5
For the Virgins the bloom of the prairies wide-- The blushing pink and the meek blue-bell, The purple plumes of the prairie's pride, [49] The wild, uncultured asphodel, And the beautiful, blue-eyed violet That the Virgins call "Let-me-not-forget," In gay festoons and garlands twine With the cedar sprigs [50] and the wildwood vine.
Who acts: That, me, gay festoons, prairies, prairie · What happens: violet, call, let, not forget, twine, bloom · To what, where: me · 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 (That, me, gay festoons, prairies), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 Virgins | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Virgins | det |
| 3 | Virgins | Virgin | PROPN | Number=Plur | 50 call | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bloom | det |
| 5 | bloom | bloom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Virgins | appos |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 prairies | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prairies | det |
| 8 | prairies | prairie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bloom | nmod |
| 9 | wide | wide | ADV | _ | 8 prairies | advmod |
| 10 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 12 blushing | punct |
| 11 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 blushing | det |
| 12 | blushing | blushing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Virgins | appos |
| 13 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 blushing | amod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 bell | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 bell | det |
| 16 | meek | meek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 bell | amod |
| 17 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 bell | amod |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 blue | punct |
| 19 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 blushing | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 plumes | punct |
| 21 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 plumes | det |
| 22 | purple | purple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 plumes | amod |
| 23 | plumes | plume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 Virgins | flat |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 pride | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 prairie | det |
| 26 | prairie | prairie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 pride | nmod:poss |
| 27 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 26 prairie | case |
| 28 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 plumes | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 49 | punct |
| 30 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 31 49 | punct |
| 31 | 49 | 49 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 plumes | appos |
| 32 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 31 49 | punct |
| 33 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 wild | det |
| 34 | wild | wild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 49 | nmod:unmarked |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 asphodel | punct |
| 36 | uncultured | uncultured | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 asphodel | amod |
| 37 | asphodel | asphodel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 wild | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 violet | punct |
| 39 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 violet | cc |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 violet | det |
| 41 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 violet | amod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 beautiful | punct |
| 43 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 eyed | amod |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 43 blue | punct |
| 45 | eyed | eyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 violet | amod |
| 46 | violet | violet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Virgins | appos |
| 47 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 violet | nsubj |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Virgins | det |
| 49 | Virgins | Virgin | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 Virgins | conj |
| 50 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 52 Let | punct |
| 52 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 50 call | parataxis |
| 53 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 54 me | punct |
| 54 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 Let | obj |
| 55 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 54 me | punct |
| 56 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 58 forget | advmod |
| 57 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 58 forget | punct |
| 58 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 52 Let | xcomp |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 twine | punct |
| 60 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 66 twine | punct |
| 61 | In | in | ADP | _ | 63 festoons | case |
| 62 | gay | gay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 festoons | amod |
| 63 | festoons | festoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 twine | nsubj |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 garlands | cc |
| 65 | garlands | garland | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 festoons | conj |
| 66 | twine | twine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 call | parataxis |
| 67 | With | with | ADP | _ | 70 sprigs | case |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 sprigs | det |
| 69 | cedar | cedar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 sprigs | amod |
| 70 | sprigs | sprig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 twine | obl |
| 71 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 72 50 | punct |
| 72 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 70 sprigs | appos |
| 73 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 72 50 | punct |
| 74 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 77 vine | cc |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 vine | det |
| 76 | wildwood | wildwood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 vine | compound |
| 77 | vine | vine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 sprigs | conj |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 50 call | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | violet | That | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | call speech: assert | present | for the Virgins and the Virgins | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for virgin=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | let in a quote | infinitive | me | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | not forget in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | twine | present | gay festoons and garlands | with the cedar sprigs and the wildwood vine | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | bloom | the prairies | nom bloom «process intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 7 | pride | the prairie | nom pride «feeling 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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