Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 1, sentence 9
Brown-bosomed and fair as the rising moon, When she peeps o'er the hills of the dewy east, Wiwâstè sings at the Virgins Feast; And bright is the light in her luminous eyes; They glow like the stars in the winter skies; And the lilies that bloom in her virgin heart Their golden blush to her cheeks impart-- Her cheeks half hid in her midnight hair.
Who acts: rose, Wiwâstè, feet, lilies, cheeks · What happens: bosom, rise, peep, sing, be, glow · To what, where: Virgins Feast, bright light, luminous eyes, winter skies, golden blush, virgin heart
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 (rose, Wiwâstè, feet, lilies), 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 | Brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bosomed | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Brown | punct |
| 3 | bosomed | bosom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 fair | amod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 fair | cc |
| 5 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 moon | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 moon | det |
| 8 | rising | rise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 moon | amod |
| 9 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fair | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 peeps | punct |
| 11 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 13 peeps | mark |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 peeps | nsubj |
| 13 | peeps | peep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fair | parataxis |
| 14 | o'er | o'er | ADP | _ | 16 hills | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 hills | det |
| 16 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 peeps | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 east | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 east | det |
| 19 | dewy | dewy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 east | amod |
| 20 | east | east | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hills | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 sings | punct |
| 22 | Wiwâstè | Wiwâstè | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 sings | nsubj |
| 23 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 peeps | conj |
| 24 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 Feast | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Feast | det |
| 26 | Virgins | Virgins | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Feast | compound |
| 27 | Feast | Feast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 sings | obl |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 fair | punct |
| 29 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 light | cc |
| 30 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 light | amod |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 light | cop |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 light | det |
| 33 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 ; | conj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 eyes | case |
| 35 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 36 | luminous | luminous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 eyes | amod |
| 37 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 light | nmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 glow | punct |
| 39 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 glow | nsubj |
| 40 | glow | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fair | conj |
| 41 | like | like | ADP | _ | 43 stars | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 stars | det |
| 43 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 glow | obl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 skies | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 skies | det |
| 46 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 skies | compound |
| 47 | skies | sky | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 glow | obl |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 69 hid | punct |
| 49 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 hid | cc |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 lilies | det |
| 51 | lilies | lily | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 hid | nsubj |
| 52 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 53 bloom | nsubj |
| 53 | bloom | bloom | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 lilies | acl:relcl |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 57 heart | case |
| 55 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 heart | nmod:poss |
| 56 | virgin | virgin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 heart | amod |
| 57 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 bloom | obl |
| 58 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 blush | nmod:poss |
| 59 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 blush | amod |
| 60 | blush | blush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 bloom | obj |
| 61 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 64 impart | mark |
| 62 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 63 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 impart | nsubj |
| 64 | impart | impart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 bloom | advcl |
| 65 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 67 cheeks | punct |
| 66 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 cheeks | nmod:poss |
| 67 | cheeks | cheek | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 hid | nsubj |
| 68 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 69 hid | advmod |
| 69 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fair | parataxis |
| 70 | in | in | ADP | _ | 73 hair | case |
| 71 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 73 hair | nmod:poss |
| 72 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 hair | compound |
| 73 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 hid | obl |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fair | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bosom | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | rise | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | peep | present | rose | o'er the hills of the dewy east | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | sing speech: express | present | Wiwâstè | the Virgins Feast | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at feast=Location | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | the bright light | rose's luminous eyes | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | glow | present | feet = foot | the winter skies | like the stars | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location | |||
| 7 | bloom | present | the lilies | feet's golden blush | rose's virgin heart | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location blush=Theme | |||
| 8 | impart | present | rose's cheeks | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | hide | past | the lilies | rose's midnight hair | rose's cheeks nsubj; half property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hair=Location | |||
| 11 | blush | feet = foot | nom blush «state intransitive»: 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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