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title: She listened like one in a trance when he spoke of the brave, bearde… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: She listened like one in a trance when he spoke of the brave, bearded Frenchmen, From the green sun-lit valleys of France to the wild Hochelága [a] transplanted, Oft trailing the deserts of snow in the heart of the dense Huron forests, Or steering the dauntless canoe through the waves of the fresh w
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 35

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She listened like one in a trance when he spoke of the brave, bearded Frenchmen, From the green sun-lit valleys of France to the wild Hochelága \[a\] transplanted, Oft trailing the deserts of snow in the heart of the dense Huron forests, Or steering the dauntless canoe through the waves of the fresh water ocean. "

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**Who acts:** teepee, sun · **What happens:** listen, speak, transplant, trail, steer, wave · **To what, where:** green lit valleys, Hochelága, deserts, heart, dauntless canoe, waves · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (teepee, sun), 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:pg8122:10:35
# text = She listened like one in a trance when he spoke of the brave, bearded Frenchmen, From the green sun-lit valleys of France to the wild Hochelága [a] transplanted, Oft trailing the deserts of snow in the heart of the dense Huron forests, Or steering the dauntless canoe through the waves of the fresh water ocean. "
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trance	trance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	bearded	bearded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Frenchmen	Frenchman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
18	From	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
20	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
21	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	lit	lit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	valleys	valley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
30	Hochelága	Hochelága	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	_
31	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	34	punct	_	_
34	transplanted	transplant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	Oft	oft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	conj	_	_
37	trailing	trail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	advcl	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
47	dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
48	Huron	Huron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
49	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	steering	steer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	conj	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	dauntless	dauntless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
56	through	through	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
61	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
62	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	_
63	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
65	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | past | teepee |  |  |  |  | like one; in a trance | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in trance=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | sun |  |  | the green lit valleys of France to the wild |  | of the brave bearded Frenchmen | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **transplant** | participle |  | Hochelága *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **trail** | gerund |  | the deserts of snow |  | the heart of the dense Huron forests |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent desert=Theme in heart=Trajectory |
| 5 | **steer** | gerund |  | the dauntless canoe |  | the waves of the fresh water ocean |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent canoe=Theme through wave=Destination |
| 6 | **wave** |  |  | the fresh water ocean |  |  |  |  | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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