Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 79

And here where the dark river breaks into spray and the roar of the Ha-Ha, [76] Were gathered the bison-skin tees of the chief tawny tribe of Dakotas; For here, in the blast and the breeze, flew the flag of the chief of Isantees, [86] Up-raised on the stem of a lance --the feathery flag of the eagle.

Who acts: dark river, Were, Ha · What happens: break, gather, fly, raise, roar, stem · To what, where: spray, 76, flag, stem, lance

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 (dark river, Were, Ha), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 breaks	cc
2	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 breaks	advmod
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 breaks	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 river	amod
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breaks	nsubj
7	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 spray	case
9	spray	spray	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breaks	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 roar	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 roar	det
12	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spray	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Ha	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Ha	det
15	Ha	Ha	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 roar	nmod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 Ha	punct
17	Ha	Ha	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Ha	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 76	punct
19	[	[	PUNCT	_	20 76	punct
20	76	76	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	23 gathered	obl
21	]	]	PUNCT	_	20 76	punct
22	Were	Were	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 gathered	nsubj
23	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 breaks	parataxis
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 tees	det
25	bison	bison	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 skin	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 bison	punct
27	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 tees	compound
28	tees	tee	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 gathered	obj
29	of	of	ADP	_	33 tribe	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 tribe	det
31	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 tribe	amod
32	tawny	tawny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 tribe	amod
33	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 tees	nmod
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 Dakotas	case
35	Dakotas	Dakotas	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 tribe	nmod
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 here	punct
37	For	for	ADP	_	38 here	case
38	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 breaks	parataxis
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 blast	punct
40	in	in	ADP	_	42 blast	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 blast	det
42	blast	blast	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 here	conj
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 breeze	cc
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 breeze	det
45	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 blast	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 flew	punct
47	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 here	conj
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 flag	det
49	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 flew	obj
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 chief	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 chief	det
52	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 flag	nmod
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 Isantees	case
54	Isantees	Isantees	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 chief	nmod
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 86	punct
56	[	[	PUNCT	_	57 86	punct
57	86	86	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	47 flew	obl
58	]	]	PUNCT	_	57 86	punct
59	Up	Up	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 86	nmod:unmarked
60	-	-	PUNCT	_	59 Up	punct
61	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	57 86	acl
62	on	on	ADP	_	64 stem	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 stem	det
64	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 raised	obl
65	of	of	ADP	_	67 lance	case
66	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	67 lance	det
67	lance	lance	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 stem	nmod
68	--	--	PUNCT	_	71 flag	punct
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 flag	det
70	feathery	feathery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 flag	amod
71	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 lance	conj
72	of	of	ADP	_	74 eagle	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 eagle	det
74	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 flag	nmod
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 breaks	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	break	present	the dark river		here	into spray and the roar of the Ha and Ha result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into spray=Result
2	gather	past	Were	76		the skin tees of the chief tawny tribe of Dakotas obj	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tee=Theme
3	fly	past	the dark river not said here	the flag of the chief of Isantees		86 Up obl	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location flag=Theme
4	raise	participle			the stem of a lance and the feathery flag of the eagle		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on stem=Destination
5	roar		the Ha and Ha				nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent
6	stem			a lance and the feathery flag of the eagle			nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 79

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 79