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title: For Menard was the first in the land, proclaiming, like John in the… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: For Menard was the first in the land, proclaiming, like John in the desert-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand; repent ye, and turn from your idols."-- The first of the brave brotherhood that, threading the fens and the forest, Stood afar by the turbulent flood at the falls of the Father of Waters. 
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 26

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For Menard was the first in the land, proclaiming, like John in the desert-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand; repent ye, and turn from your idols."-- The first of the brave brotherhood that, threading the fens and the forest, Stood afar by the turbulent flood at the falls of the Father of Waters.

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**Who acts:** proclaiming, brave brotherhood · **What happens:** be, proclaim, turn, thread, stand · **To what, where:** land, John, desert, hand, idols, fens

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (proclaiming, brave brotherhood), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:10:26
# text = For Menard was the first in the land, proclaiming, like John in the desert-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand; repent ye, and turn from your idols."-- The first of the brave brotherhood that, threading the fens and the forest, Stood afar by the turbulent flood at the falls of the Father of Waters.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Menard	Menard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	proclaiming	proclaim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
27	repent	repent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
28	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	27	parataxis	_	_
32	from	from	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	idols	idol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	first	first	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	25	appos	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	brotherhood	brotherhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
44	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	threading	thread	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	53	advcl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	fens	fen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
53	Stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
54	afar	afar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
55	by	by	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	turbulent	turbulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
59	at	at	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	falls	fall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	Waters	Water	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	64	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the land |  | for Menard; first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **proclaim** | gerund |  | John |  | the desert and the Kingdom of Heaven |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent john=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | proclaiming |  |  | hand |  | the first of the brave brotherhood *appos* | tree rules |
| 4 | **turn** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | your idols |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from idol=Trajectory |
| 5 | **thread** | gerund | the brave brotherhood *not said here* | the fens and the forest |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fen=Patient |
| 6 | **stand** | past | the brave brotherhood | afar |  | the falls of the Father of Waters |  | by the turbulent flood | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent afar=Theme by flood=Destination |

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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.

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**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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