--- title: The years sprinkled frost on the head of her father; And three weary… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The years sprinkled frost on the head of her father; And three weary winters she dreamed of the fearless and fair-bearded Frenchmen; In her sweet sleep their swift paddles gleamed on the breast of the broad Mississippi, And the eyes of the brave strangers beamed on the maid in the midst of her slumb --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/51/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the Northwest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/) / [The Feast of the Virgins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/) / 51 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 51 The years sprinkled frost on the head of her father; And three weary winters she dreamed of the fearless and fair-bearded Frenchmen; In her sweet sleep their swift paddles gleamed on the breast of the broad Mississippi, And the eyes of the brave strangers beamed on the maid in the midst of her slumber. **Who acts:** years, three weary winters, Master · **What happens:** sprinkle, dream, gleam, beam, sleep, slumber · **To what, where:** frost, head, swift paddles, breast, brave strangers, midst 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 (years, three weary winters, Master), 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:pg8122:10:51 # text = The years sprinkled frost on the head of her father; And three weary winters she dreamed of the fearless and fair-bearded Frenchmen; In her sweet sleep their swift paddles gleamed on the breast of the broad Mississippi, And the eyes of the brave strangers beamed on the maid in the midst of her slumber. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 14 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 winters winter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 20 fearless fearless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 bearded bearded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 25 Frenchmen frenchman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 27 In in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 paddles paddle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 34 gleamed gleam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 broad broad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 Mississippi Mississippi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 50 beamed beam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprinkle** | past | the years | frost | | the head of Master's father | | in Master's sweet sleep and sleep's swift paddles; the eyes of the brave strangers *obl* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent frost=Theme on head=Destination | | 2 | **dream** | past | three weary winters | | | | | of the fearless Frenchmen; Master *nsubj* | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **gleam** | participle | | sleep's swift paddles *not said here* | | the breast of the broad Mississippi | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on breast=Location | | 4 | **beam** | participle | | the brave strangers *not said here* | | the midst of Master's slumber | | on the maid | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on maid=Location | | 5 | **sleep** | | Master | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **slumber** | | Master | | | | | | nom slumber «state intransitive»: poss=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/52/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/)