Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 14

O give me the wings of the thunder-birds, For his were-wolves [52] follow Wiwâstè's trail; O, guide my flight to the far Hóhé-- The sheltering lodge of my brave Chaskè."

Who acts: you, 52 · What happens: give, be, follow, guide, shelter · To what, where: wings, me, trail, flight, far Hóhé

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, 52), 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	O	o	INTJ	_	2 give	discourse
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 give	iobj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wings	det
5	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 give	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 birds	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 birds	det
8	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 birds	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 thunder	punct
10	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wings	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wolves	punct
12	For	for	ADP	_	16 wolves	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wolves	nmod:poss
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 wolves	cop
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 wolves	punct
16	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 give	obl
17	[	[	PUNCT	_	20 follow	punct
18	52	52	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	20 follow	nsubj
19	]	]	PUNCT	_	18 52	punct
20	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 wolves	acl:relcl
21	Wiwâstè	Wiwâstè	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 trail	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Wiwâstè	case
23	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 follow	obj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 guide	punct
25	O	o	INTJ	_	27 guide	discourse
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 O	punct
27	guide	guide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 follow	conj
28	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 flight	nmod:poss
29	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 guide	obj
30	to	to	ADP	_	33 Hóhé	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Hóhé	det
32	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 Hóhé	amod
33	Hóhé	Hóhé	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 guide	obl
34	--	--	PUNCT	_	37 lodge	punct
35	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 lodge	det
36	sheltering	shelter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	37 lodge	amod
37	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 Hóhé	appos
38	of	of	ADP	_	41 Chaskè	case
39	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 Chaskè	nmod:poss
40	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 Chaskè	amod
41	Chaskè	Chaskè	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 lodge	nmod
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct
43	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	the wings of the thunder birds	me		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient wing=Theme
2	is	past				for cry's wolves; cry nmod:poss	tree rules
3	follow	infinitive	52	Wiwâstè's trail			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme
4	guide	infinitive	52 not said here	my flight	the far Hóhé		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flight=Theme to hóhé=Destination
5	shelter	gerund					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 14

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 14