--- title: The merry voiced birds trilled and warbled in woodland and meadow; A… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The merry voiced birds trilled and warbled in woodland and meadow; And abroad on the prairies the herds cropped the grass in the land of the lilies,-- And sweet was the odor of rose wide-wafted from hillside and heather; In the leaf-shaded lap of repose lay the bright, blue eyed babes of the summer; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/58/) [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/) / 58 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 58 The merry voiced birds trilled and warbled in woodland and meadow; And abroad on the prairies the herds cropped the grass in the land of the lilies,-- And sweet was the odor of rose wide-wafted from hillside and heather; In the leaf-shaded lap of repose lay the bright, blue eyed babes of the summer; And low was the murmur of brooks and low was the laugh of the Ha-Ha; \[76\] And asleep in the eddies and nooks lay the broods of magá \[60\] and the mallard. ' **Who acts:** merry, prairies, low murmur · **What happens:** voice, trill, warble, crop, be, waft · **To what, where:** birds, woodland, grass, land, sweet odor, hillside 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 (merry, prairies, low murmur), 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:pg8122:10:58 # text = The merry voiced birds trilled and warbled in woodland and meadow; And abroad on the prairies the herds cropped the grass in the land of the lilies,-- And sweet was the odor of rose wide-wafted from hillside and heather; In the leaf-shaded lap of repose lay the bright, blue eyed babes of the summer; And low was the murmur of brooks and low was the laugh of the Ha-Ha; [76] And asleep in the eddies and nooks lay the broods of magá [60] and the mallard. ' 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 merry merry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 voiced voice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 trilled trill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 warbled warble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 woodland woodland NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 13 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 prairies prairie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 herds herd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 cropped crop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 odor odor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 wafted waft VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 hillside hillside NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 heather heather NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 46 In in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 48 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 shaded shade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 amod _ _ 51 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 repose repose NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 56 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 58 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 59 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 babes babe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 65 And and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 murmur murmur NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 brooks brook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nmod _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 conj _ _ 74 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 cop _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 79 Ha Ha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 80 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 Ha Ha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ; ; PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 83 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 76 76 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 84 punct _ _ 86 And and CCONJ CC _ 93 cc _ _ 87 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 93 advcl _ _ 88 in in ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 eddies eddy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 87 obl _ _ 91 and and CCONJ CC _ 92 cc _ _ 92 nooks nook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 90 conj _ _ 93 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 94 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 95 det _ _ 95 broods brood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 93 obj _ _ 96 of of ADP IN _ 97 case _ _ 97 magá magá NOUN NN Number=Sing 95 nmod _ _ 98 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 99 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 99 60 60 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 97 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 100 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 99 punct _ _ 101 and and CCONJ CC _ 103 cc _ _ 102 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 103 det _ _ 103 mallard mallard NOUN NN Number=Sing 95 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 104 . . PUNCT . _ 93 punct _ _ 105 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 93 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **voice** *speech: other* | past | the merry | birds | | | | 76 *obl* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bird=Topic | | 2 | **trill** | participle | | birds *not said here* | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **warble** | participle | | | | woodland and meadow | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **crop** | past | the prairies and the herds | the grass | | the land of the lilies | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | | the sweet odor | | | | of rose | tree rules | | 6 | **waft** | participle | | the sweet odor *not said here* | | hillside and heather | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **shade** | participle | | | | | | leaf *compound* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **lay** | present | | the bright blue eyed babes of the summer | | the shaded lap of repose | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent babe=Theme in lap=Destination | | 9 | **is a** | past | | the low murmur | | | | of brooks | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **is a** | past | the low murmur | the laugh | | | | of the Ha Ha | tree rules | | 12 | **lay** | present | the merry *not said here* | the broods of magá and the mallard | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brood=Result | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/59/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/)