--- title: Like the red, dappled deer in the glade, alarmed by the footsteps of… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Like the red, dappled deer in the glade, alarmed by the footsteps of hunters, Discovered, disordered, dismayed, the nude nymphs fled forth from the waters, And scampered away to the shade, and peered from the screen of the lindens. Who acts: nude nymphs. 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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 (nude nymphs), 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:pg8122:10:72 # text = Like the red, dappled deer in the glade, alarmed by the footsteps of hunters, Discovered, disordered, dismayed, the nude nymphs fled forth from the waters, And scampered away to the shade, and peered from the screen of the lindens. 1 Like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 dappled dapple VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 glade glade NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 disordered disorder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 nude nude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 nymphs nymph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 28 forth forth ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 scampered scamper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 peered peer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 screen screen NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 lindens linden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dapple** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **alarm** | participle | | the red dappled deer in the glade *not said here* | | | | by the footsteps of hunters | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **discover** | participle | | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **disorder** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **dismay** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **flee** | past | the nude nymphs | | | the waters | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from water=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **scamper away** | participle | the nude nymphs *not said here* | | | the shade | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shade=Destination | | 8 | **peer** | past | the nude nymphs *not said here* | | | | | from the screen of the lindens | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from screen=Theme | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/73/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/)