The poem describes a traveler stopping in the woods on a snowy evening. He pauses to watch the snow fill the woods, though he has promises to keep and miles left to travel before sleeping. His horse seems confused by stopping without a nearby farmhouse. The only sounds are the jingling of the traveler's harness bells as he shakes them, thinking there may be a mistake, and the sweep of the wind and falling snowflakes. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but the traveler must continue on his journey before resting.
The poem describes a traveler stopping in the woods on a snowy evening. He pauses to watch the snow fill the woods, though he has promises to keep and miles left to travel before sleeping. His horse seems confused by stopping without a nearby farmhouse. The only sounds are the jingling of the traveler's harness bells as he shakes them, thinking there may be a mistake, and the sweep of the wind and falling snowflakes. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but the traveler must continue on his journey before resting.
The poem describes a traveler stopping in the woods on a snowy evening. He pauses to watch the snow fill the woods, though he has promises to keep and miles left to travel before sleeping. His horse seems confused by stopping without a nearby farmhouse. The only sounds are the jingling of the traveler's harness bells as he shakes them, thinking there may be a mistake, and the sweep of the wind and falling snowflakes. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but the traveler must continue on his journey before resting.
Pt: Participant Pr: Process Circ: Circumstances
1. Transitivity
STOPPING BY WOOD ON A SNOWY EVENING
Whose woods | these are | I |think I
know. Circ: matter | pr: attribute | pt: actor | goals His house | is | in the village though Pt: carrier | pr: rel-attr | pr: attribute He | will not see | me | stopping here Pt: actor | pr: goal | pt: client | circ: reason To watch | his woods | fill up with snow. Pt: scope | pr: attribute | circ: reason My little horse | must think | it queer Pt: senser | pr: mental | pt: phenomenon To stop | without | a farm house near Pt: scope | pr: attribute | pr: goal Between | the woods and frozen lake | The darkest evening of the year. Pr: existential | pt: existent | circ: time He | gives | his harness bells | a shake Pt: actor | pt: material | pt: recipient | pt: goal To ask | if there is some mistake. Pt: verbal | pt: verbiage The only other sound’s | the sweep Pt: sayer | pr: verbal Of | easy wind and downy flake. Pt: verbiage The woods | are | lovely and, dark, and deep, Pt: token | pt: rel-ident | pt: value But | I | have promises to keep, Pt: attribute | pt: addresser | pt: value And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Pt: carrier 2. Clause Complexing STOPPING BY WOOD ON A SNOWY EVENING
Whose woods these are α | I think I know β
His house is in the village though α He will not see me stopping here α | ‘β To watch his woods fill up with snow My little horse must think it queer ‘α To stop without a farmhouse near α Between the woods and frozen lake α1 The darkest evening of the year. β He gives his harness bells a shake α To ask if there is some mistake. β The only other sound’s the sweep α Of easy wind and downy flake. β1 The woods are lovely and, dark, and deep, 1 But I have promises to keep, 2 And miles to go before I sleep, +1 And miles to go before I sleep. +2