Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 81
On the islands and murmuring strands they danced to the god of the waters, Unktéhee, [69] who dwelt in the caves deep under the flood of the Ha-Ha; [76] And high o'er the eddies and waves hung their offerings of fur and tobacco.
Who acts: strands, Unktéhee, Ha Ha · What happens: murmur, dance, dwell, hang, flood, offer · To what, where: 76, islands, caves, offerings, fur
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 (strands, Unktéhee, Ha 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 islands | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 islands | det |
| 3 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 danced | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 strands | cc |
| 5 | murmuring | murmur | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 strands | amod |
| 6 | strands | strand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 islands | conj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 danced | nsubj |
| 8 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 god | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 god | det |
| 11 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 danced | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 waters | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 waters | det |
| 14 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 god | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Unktéhee | punct |
| 16 | Unktéhee | Unktéhee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 dwelt | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 69 | punct |
| 18 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 19 69 | punct |
| 19 | 69 | 69 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 Unktéhee | appos |
| 20 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 19 69 | punct |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 dwelt | nsubj |
| 22 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 danced | conj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 caves | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 caves | det |
| 25 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 dwelt | obl |
| 26 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 dwelt | xcomp |
| 27 | under | under | ADP | _ | 29 flood | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 flood | det |
| 29 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 deep | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Ha | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Ha | det |
| 32 | Ha | Ha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Ha | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 Ha | punct |
| 34 | Ha | Ha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 flood | nmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 76 | punct |
| 36 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 37 76 | punct |
| 37 | 76 | 76 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 danced | obl |
| 38 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 37 76 | punct |
| 39 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 high | cc |
| 40 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 hung | advcl |
| 41 | o'er | o'er | ADP | _ | 43 eddies | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 eddies | det |
| 43 | eddies | eddy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 high | obl |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 waves | cc |
| 45 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 eddies | conj |
| 46 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 danced | conj |
| 47 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 offerings | nmod:poss |
| 48 | offerings | offering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 hung | obj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 fur | case |
| 50 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 offerings | nmod |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 tobacco | cc |
| 52 | tobacco | tobacco | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 fur | conj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 danced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | murmur speech: other | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | dance | past | strands = strand | 76 | the islands and murmuring strands | to the god of the waters | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location | ||
| 3 | dwell | past | Unktéhee | the caves | who nsubj; deep property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location | |||
| 4 | hang | past | strands = strand not said here | strands's offerings of fur and tobacco | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | ||||
| 5 | flood | the Ha Ha | nom flood «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 6 | offer | strands = strand | fur and tobacco | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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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