Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 90
Like the summer sun peeping, at morn, o'er the hills was the face of Winona; And here she grew up like a queen --a romping and lily-lipped laughter, And danced on the undulant green, and played in the frolicsome waters, Where the foaming tide tumbles and twirls o'er the murmuring rocks in the rapids; And whiter than foam were the pearls that gleamed in the midst of her laughter.
Who acts: peeping, WINONA, foaming tide, whiter pearls · What happens: peep, be, grow up, romp, lip, dance · To what, where: morn, face, undulant green, frolicsome waters, whiter pearls, midst
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 (peeping, WINONA, foaming tide, whiter pearls), 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 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 4 sun | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sun | det |
| 3 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sun | compound |
| 4 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 peeping | obl |
| 5 | peeping | peep | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 face | csubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 morn | punct |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 morn | case |
| 8 | morn | morn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 peeping | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hills | punct |
| 10 | o'er | o'er | ADP | _ | 12 hills | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hills | det |
| 12 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 peeping | obl |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 face | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 face | det |
| 15 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Winona | case |
| 17 | Winona | Winona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 face | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 grew | punct |
| 19 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 here | cc |
| 20 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 grew | advmod |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 grew | nsubj |
| 22 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 face | conj |
| 23 | up | up | ADP | _ | 22 grew | compound:prt |
| 24 | like | like | ADP | _ | 26 queen | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 queen | det |
| 26 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 grew | obl |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 29 romping | punct |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 romping | det |
| 29 | romping | romp | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 queen | appos |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 laughter | cc |
| 31 | lily | lily | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 lipped | compound |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 lily | punct |
| 33 | lipped | lip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 laughter | amod |
| 34 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 romping | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 danced | punct |
| 36 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 danced | cc |
| 37 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 grew | conj |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 41 green | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 green | det |
| 40 | undulant | undulant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 green | amod |
| 41 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 danced | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 played | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 played | cc |
| 44 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 danced | conj |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 48 waters | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 waters | det |
| 47 | frolicsome | frolicsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 waters | amod |
| 48 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 played | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 tumbles | punct |
| 50 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 54 tumbles | advmod |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 tide | det |
| 52 | foaming | foaming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 tide | compound |
| 53 | tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 tumbles | nsubj |
| 54 | tumbles | tumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 played | parataxis |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 twirls | cc |
| 56 | twirls | twirl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 tumbles | conj |
| 57 | o'er | o'er | ADP | _ | 60 rocks | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 rocks | det |
| 59 | murmuring | murmuring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 rocks | compound |
| 60 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 twirls | obl |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 63 rapids | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 rapids | det |
| 63 | rapids | rapid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 rocks | nmod |
| 64 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 whiter | punct |
| 65 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 whiter | cc |
| 66 | whiter | white | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 71 pearls | amod |
| 67 | than | than | ADP | _ | 68 foam | case |
| 68 | foam | foam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 whiter | obl |
| 69 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 71 pearls | cop |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 pearls | det |
| 71 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 grew | obj |
| 72 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 73 gleamed | nsubj |
| 73 | gleamed | gleam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 71 pearls | acl:relcl |
| 74 | in | in | ADP | _ | 76 midst | case |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 76 midst | det |
| 76 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 gleamed | obl |
| 77 | of | of | ADP | _ | 79 laughter | case |
| 78 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 79 laughter | nmod:poss |
| 79 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 midst | nmod |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 face | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | peep | gerund | morn | like the summer sun; o'er the hills | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent morn=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | peeping | the face | of Winona | tree rules | |||
| 3 | grow up | past | WINONA | here | like a queen | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | romp | gerund | lipped laughter conj | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | lip | participle | lily compound | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | dance | past | WINONA not said here | the undulant green | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on green=Location | ||||
| 7 | play | past | WINONA not said here | the frolicsome waters | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | tumble | present | the foaming tide | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 9 | twirl | present | the foaming tide not said here | o'er the murmuring rocks in the rapids | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | is a | past | the whiter pearls | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | gleam | past | the whiter pearls | the midst of WINONA's laughter | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Location |
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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