Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 73

_When the meadow-lark trilled o'er the leas and the oriole piped in the maples, From my hammock, all under the trees, by the sweet scented field of red-clover, I harked to the hum of the bees, as they gathered the mead of the blossoms, And caught from their low melodies the rhythm of the song of Winona_.

Who acts: sweet scented field, I, bees, Winona · What happens: trill, pipe, scent, hark, gather, catch · To what, where: _, hammock, leas, maples, mead, rhythm

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 (sweet scented field, I, bees, Winona), 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	_	_	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 trilled	nsubj:pass
2	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 trilled	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lark	det
4	meadow	meadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lark	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 meadow	punct
6	lark	lark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trilled	nsubj
7	trilled	trill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	o'er	o'er	ADP	_	10 leas	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 leas	det
10	leas	lea	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trilled	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 oriole	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 oriole	det
13	oriole	oriole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leas	conj
14	piped	pipe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 leas	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 maples	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 maples	det
17	maples	maple	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 piped	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 hammock	punct
19	From	from	ADP	_	21 hammock	case
20	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 hammock	nmod:poss
21	hammock	hammock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trilled	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 all	punct
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 hammock	appos
24	under	under	ADP	_	26 trees	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 trees	det
26	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 all	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 field	punct
28	by	by	ADP	_	32 field	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 field	det
30	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 field	compound
31	scented	scent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 field	amod
32	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trilled	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	36 clover	case
34	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 clover	amod
35	-	-	PUNCT	_	34 red	punct
36	clover	clover	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 field	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 harked	punct
38	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 harked	nsubj
39	harked	hark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 trilled	conj
40	to	to	ADP	_	42 hum	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 hum	det
42	hum	hum	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 harked	obl
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 bees	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 bees	det
45	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 hum	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 gathered	punct
47	as	as	SCONJ	_	49 gathered	mark
48	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 gathered	nsubj
49	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 harked	conj
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 mead	det
51	mead	mead	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 gathered	obj
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 blossoms	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 blossoms	det
54	blossoms	blossom	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 mead	nmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 caught	punct
56	And	and	CCONJ	_	57 caught	cc
57	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 harked	parataxis
58	from	from	ADP	_	61 melodies	case
59	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 melodies	nmod:poss
60	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 melodies	amod
61	melodies	melody	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 caught	obl
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 rhythm	det
63	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 caught	obj
64	of	of	ADP	_	66 song	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 song	det
66	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 rhythm	nmod
67	of	of	ADP	_	68 Winona	case
68	Winona	Winona	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 song	nmod
69	_	_	PUNCT	_	57 caught	punct
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 trilled	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	trill	participle · passive	the sweet scented field of red clover	_	my hammock	o'er the leas and the oriole; the meadow lark nsubj	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	pipe	participle		the leas and the oriole not said here	the maples		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in maple=Location
3	scent	participle					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
4	hark	past	I			to the hum of the bees	tree rules
5	gather	past	bees = bee	the mead of the blossoms			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mead=Theme
6	catch	past		the rhythm of the song of Winona	bees's low melodies		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rhythm=Theme from melody=Source
7	hum		the bees				nom hum «state intransitive»: of=agent
8	sing		Winona				nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 73

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 73