Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 83

And here to the Searcher-of-hearts --fierce Tá-ku Skan-skán, [51] the avenger, Who dwells in the uttermost parts --in the earth and the blue, starry ether, Ever watching, with all-seeing eyes, the deeds of the wives and the warriors, As an osprey afar in the skies, sees the fish as they swim in the waters, Oft spread they the bison-tongue feast, and singing preferred their petitions, Till the Day-Spirit [70] rose in the East --in the red, rosy robes of the morning, To sail o'er the sea of the skies, to his lodge in the land of the shadows, Where the black winged tornadoes [b] arise --rushing loud from the mouths of their caverns.

Who acts: avenger, warriors, Oft, Day Spirit, black, lodge · What happens: dwell, watch, see, swim, spread, feast · To what, where: uttermost parts, seeing eyes, fish, waters, petitions, East

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 (avenger, warriors, Oft, Day Spirit), 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	_	2 here	cc
2	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	9 hearts	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hearts	det
5	Searcher	Searcher	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 hearts	nsubj
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 hearts	punct
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hearts	case
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 of	punct
9	hearts	heart	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 here	obl
10	--	--	PUNCT	_	12 Tá	punct
11	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Tá	amod
12	Tá	Tá	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 hearts	nmod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 Tá	punct
14	ku	ku	X	_	17 skán	compound
15	Skan	Skan	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 skán	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 Skan	punct
17	skán	skán	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Tá	appos
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 51	punct
19	[	[	PUNCT	_	20 51	punct
20	51	51	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 here	conj
21	]	]	PUNCT	_	20 51	punct
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 avenger	det
23	avenger	avenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 here	nsubj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 dwells	punct
25	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 dwells	nsubj
26	dwells	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 avenger	acl:relcl
27	in	in	ADP	_	30 parts	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 parts	det
29	uttermost	uttermost	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 parts	compound
30	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 dwells	obl
31	--	--	PUNCT	_	34 earth	punct
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 earth	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 earth	det
34	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 parts	appos
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 ether	cc
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 ether	det
37	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 ether	amod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 blue	punct
39	starry	starry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 ether	amod
40	ether	ether	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 earth	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 watching	punct
42	Ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	43 watching	advmod
43	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 dwells	advcl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 eyes	punct
45	with	with	ADP	_	49 eyes	case
46	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	49 eyes	det
47	-	-	PUNCT	_	46 all	punct
48	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	49 eyes	amod
49	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 watching	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 deeds	punct
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 deeds	det
52	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 eyes	conj
53	of	of	ADP	_	55 wives	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 wives	det
55	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 deeds	nmod
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 warriors	cc
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 warriors	det
58	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 wives	conj
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 afar	punct
60	As	as	ADP	_	63 afar	case
61	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 afar	det
62	osprey	osprey	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 afar	compound
63	afar	afar	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 watching	obl
64	in	in	ADP	_	66 skies	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 skies	det
66	skies	sky	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 afar	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 sees	punct
68	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 dwells	conj
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 fish	det
70	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 sees	obj
71	as	as	SCONJ	_	73 swim	mark
72	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 swim	nsubj
73	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	68 sees	advcl
74	in	in	ADP	_	76 waters	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 waters	det
76	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 swim	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 spread	punct
78	Oft	Oft	PROPN	Number=Sing	79 spread	nsubj
79	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 sees	conj
80	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 feast	nsubj
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 feast	det
82	bison	bison	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 tongue	compound
83	-	-	PUNCT	_	82 bison	punct
84	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 feast	compound
85	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 spread	ccomp
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 preferred	punct
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 preferred	cc
88	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	89 preferred	nsubj
89	preferred	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 here	parataxis
90	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	91 petitions	nmod:poss
91	petitions	petition	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 preferred	obj
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	97 Spirit	punct
93	Till	till	ADP	_	97 Spirit	case
94	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	97 Spirit	det
95	Day	Day	PROPN	Number=Sing	97 Spirit	compound
96	-	-	PUNCT	_	95 Day	punct
97	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	Number=Sing	101 rose	nsubj
98	[	[	PUNCT	_	99 70	punct
99	70	70	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	97 Spirit	appos
100	]	]	PUNCT	_	99 70	punct
101	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	89 preferred	conj
102	in	in	ADP	_	104 East	case
103	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	104 East	det
104	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	101 rose	obl
105	--	--	PUNCT	_	111 robes	punct
106	in	in	ADP	_	111 robes	case
107	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	111 robes	det
108	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	111 robes	amod
109	,	,	PUNCT	_	108 red	punct
110	rosy	rosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	111 robes	amod
111	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	101 rose	obl
112	of	of	ADP	_	114 morning	case
113	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	114 morning	det
114	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 robes	nmod
115	,	,	PUNCT	_	117 sail	punct
116	To	to	PART	_	117 sail	mark
117	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	101 rose	advcl
118	o'er	o'er	ADP	_	120 sea	case
119	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	120 sea	det
120	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	117 sail	obl
121	of	of	ADP	_	123 skies	case
122	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	123 skies	det
123	skies	sky	NOUN	Number=Plur	120 sea	nmod
124	,	,	PUNCT	_	127 lodge	punct
125	to	to	ADP	_	127 lodge	case
126	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	127 lodge	nmod:poss
127	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	143 arise	nsubj
128	in	in	ADP	_	130 land	case
129	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	130 land	det
130	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	127 lodge	nmod
131	of	of	ADP	_	133 shadows	case
132	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	133 shadows	det
133	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	130 land	nmod
134	,	,	PUNCT	_	138 winged	punct
135	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	138 winged	advmod
136	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	137 black	det
137	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	138 winged	nsubj
138	winged	wing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	133 shadows	acl:relcl
139	tornadoes	tornado	NOUN	Number=Plur	138 winged	obj
140	[	[	PUNCT	_	141 b	punct
141	b	B	NOUN	Number=Sing	139 tornadoes	appos
142	]	]	PUNCT	_	141 b	punct
143	arise	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	117 sail	parataxis
144	--	--	PUNCT	_	145 rushing	punct
145	rushing	rush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	117 sail	advcl
146	loud	loud	ADV	_	145 rushing	advmod
147	from	from	ADP	_	149 mouths	case
148	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	149 mouths	det
149	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	145 rushing	obl
150	of	of	ADP	_	152 caverns	case
151	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	152 caverns	nmod:poss
152	caverns	cavern	NOUN	Number=Plur	149 mouths	nmod
153	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 here	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwell	present	the avenger		the uttermost parts			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in part=Location
2	watch	gerund	the avenger not said here	all seeing eyes and the deeds of the wives and the warriors		ever	as a osprey afar in the skies	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent eye=Theme as afar=Value
3	see	gerund						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	see	present	the avenger not said here	the fish				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fish=Stimulus
5	swim	present	warriors = warrior		the waters			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Trajectory
6	spread	past	Oft					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	feast		warriors = warrior					tree rules
8	sing speech: express	gerund						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	prefer	past		warriors's petitions				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer petition=Stimulus
10	rise	past	the Day Spirit		the East		in the red rosy robes of the morning	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in east=Location
11	sail	to-infinitive	the Day Spirit not said here				o'er the sea of the skies	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
12	wing	past	the black	tornadoes				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme tornado=Trajectory
13	arise	present	Oft's lodge in the land of the shadows					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	rush	gerund	the Day Spirit not said here		the mouths of warriors's caverns		loud property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from mouth=Trajectory
16	petition		warriors = warrior					nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=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 83

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 83