--- title: Unktómee [72]--Ho!" muttered the braves, for they deemed him the bla… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Unktómee [72]--Ho!" muttered the braves, for they deemed him the black Spider-Spirit That dwells in the drearisome caves, and walks on the marshes at midnight, With a flickering torch in his hand, to decoy to his den the unwary. Who acts: Unktómee, braves. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Unktómee, braves), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8122:10:13 # text = Unktómee [72]--Ho!" muttered the braves, for they deemed him the black Spider-Spirit That dwells in the drearisome caves, and walks on the marshes at midnight, With a flickering torch in his hand, to decoy to his den the unwary. 1 Unktómee Unktómee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 72 72 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Ho Ho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 muttered mutter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 braves brave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 deemed deem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 Spider Spider PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Spirit Spirit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 dwells dwell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 appos _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 drearisome drearisome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 marshes marsh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 With with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 flickering flicker VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 amod _ _ 40 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 decoy decoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 unwary unwary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mutter** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Unktómee | the braves | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brave=Topic | | 2 | **deem** *in a quote* | past | braves *= brave* | Unktómee | | | | the black Spider Spirit *obl* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 3 | **walk** *in a quote* | present | | | | the marshes | midnight | with a flickering torch in Unktómee's hand | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on marsh=Trajectory | | 4 | **flicker** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **decoy** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | to Unktómee's den | tree rules | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/14/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/)