Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 40

There's a mote in my eye or a blot on the page, And I cannot tell of the joyful greeting; You may take it for granted and I will engage, There were kisses and tears at the strange, glad meeting; For aye since the birth of the swift-winged years, In the desert drear, in the field of clover, In the cot, and the palace, and all the world over,-- Yea, away on the stars to the ultimate spheres, The language of love to the long sought lover,-- Is tears and kisses and kisses and tears.

Who acts: mote, I, You, kisses, long · What happens: be, not tell, take, grant, engage, wing · To what, where: eye, mote, strange glad meeting, lover, tears · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (mote, I, You, kisses), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 tell	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mote	det
4	mote	mote	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 eye	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eye	nmod:poss
7	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 blot	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 blot	det
10	blot	blot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eye	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 page	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 page	det
13	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blot	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tell	punct
15	And	and	CCONJ	_	19 tell	cc
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 tell	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 tell	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 tell	advmod
19	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 greeting	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 greeting	det
22	joyful	joyful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 greeting	amod
23	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tell	obl
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 take	punct
25	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	27 take	nsubj
26	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 take	aux
27	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 tell	ccomp
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 take	obj
29	for	for	SCONJ	_	30 granted	mark
30	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 take	advcl
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 engage	cc
32	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 engage	nsubj
33	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 engage	aux
34	engage	engage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 take	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 were	punct
36	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	37 were	expl
37	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 take	parataxis
38	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 were	nsubj
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 tears	cc
40	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 kisses	conj
41	at	at	ADP	_	46 meeting	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 meeting	det
43	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 meeting	amod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 strange	punct
45	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 meeting	amod
46	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 were	obl
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 aye	punct
48	For	for	ADP	_	49 aye	case
49	aye	aye	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tell	obl
50	since	since	ADP	_	52 birth	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 birth	det
52	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 aye	nmod
53	of	of	ADP	_	58 years	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 years	det
55	swift	swift	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 winged	compound
56	-	-	PUNCT	_	55 swift	punct
57	winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 years	amod
58	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 birth	nmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 drear	punct
60	In	in	ADP	_	63 drear	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 drear	det
62	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 drear	compound
63	drear	drear	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 birth	conj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 field	punct
65	in	in	ADP	_	67 field	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 field	det
67	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 drear	appos
68	of	of	ADP	_	69 clover	case
69	clover	clover	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 field	nmod
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 cot	punct
71	In	in	ADP	_	73 cot	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 cot	det
73	cot	cot	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 clover	conj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 palace	punct
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 palace	cc
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 palace	det
77	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 aye	conj
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 world	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 world	cc
80	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	82 world	det:predet
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 world	det
82	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 aye	conj
83	over	over	ADV	_	82 world	advmod
84	,	,	PUNCT	_	109 tears	punct
85	--	--	PUNCT	_	109 tears	punct
86	Yea	yea	INTJ	_	109 tears	discourse
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 away	punct
88	away	away	ADV	_	86 Yea	advmod
89	on	on	ADP	_	91 stars	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 stars	det
91	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	88 away	obl
92	to	to	ADP	_	95 spheres	case
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 spheres	det
94	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	95 spheres	amod
95	spheres	sphere	NOUN	Number=Plur	91 stars	nmod
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 language	punct
97	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 language	det
98	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 spheres	conj
99	of	of	ADP	_	100 love	case
100	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 language	nmod
101	to	to	SCONJ	_	104 sought	mark
102	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	103 long	det
103	long	long	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 sought	nsubj
104	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	98 language	advcl
105	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 sought	obj
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 spheres	punct
107	--	--	PUNCT	_	86 Yea	punct
108	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	109 tears	cop
109	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 aye	conj
110	and	and	CCONJ	_	111 kisses	cc
111	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	109 tears	conj
112	and	and	CCONJ	_	113 kisses	cc
113	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	109 tears	conj
114	and	and	CCONJ	_	115 tears	cc
115	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	109 tears	conj
116	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 tell	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	present	a mote		my eye or a blot on the page; there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in eye=Location
2	not tell speech: assert	can	I			of the joyful greeting; for aye since the birth of the winged years and the desert drear and the palace and all world and tears and kisses and kisses and tears	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	take	may	You	mote			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	grant	participle	You not said here				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
5	engage	future	I				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	be	past	kisses and tears		the strange glad meeting; there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at meeting=Location
7	wing	participle				swift compound	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
8	seek	past	the long	lover			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lover=Theme
9	is a	present	I not said here	tears and kisses and kisses and tears		kisses conj	tree rules

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 40

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 40