--- title: Like rime-covered moss hung his beard, flowing down from his face to… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Like rime-covered moss hung his beard, flowing down from his face to his girdle; And wan was his aspect and weird; and often he chanted and mumbled In a strange and mysterious tongue, as he bent o'er his book in devotion. Who acts: Rice. 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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 (Rice), 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:pg8122:10:5 # text = Like rime-covered moss hung his beard, flowing down from his face to his girdle; And wan was his aspect and weird; and often he chanted and mumbled In a strange and mysterious tongue, as he bent o'er his book in devotion. 1 Like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 rime rime NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 6 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 flowing flow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 wan wan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 aspect aspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 often often ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 chanted chant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 mumbled mumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 In in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 38 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 43 o'er o'er ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 devotion devotion NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | rime *compound* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hang** | past | | Rice's beard | | | | like covered moss | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient | | 3 | **flow down** | gerund | | | | Rice's face to Rice's girdle | | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wan** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | | Rice's aspect | | | | Rice *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **chant** | past | Rice | | | | | often *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mumble** *speech: other* | past | Rice *not said here* | | | a strange tongue | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bend** | past | Rice | | | | | o'er Rice's book in devotion | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/6/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/)