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title: Wherever he wandered --alone in the heart of the wild Huron forests,… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: Wherever he wandered --alone in the heart of the wild Huron forests, Or cruising the rivers unknown to the land of the Crees or Dakotas-- His heart lingered still on the Rhone, 'mid the mulberry-trees and the vineyards, Fast-fettered and bound by the zone that girdled the robes of his darling. Who a
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 85

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Wherever he wandered --alone in the heart of the wild Huron forests, Or cruising the rivers unknown to the land of the Crees or Dakotas-- His heart lingered still on the Rhone, 'mid the mulberry-trees and the vineyards, Fast-fettered and bound by the zone that girdled the robes of his darling.

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**Who acts:** Rhone, zone · **What happens:** wander, cruise, linger, mi, fetter, bind · **To what, where:** heart, rivers, land, Rhone, mulberry trees, robes

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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 (Rhone, zone), 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:pg8122:10:85
# text = Wherever he wandered --alone in the heart of the wild Huron forests, Or cruising the rivers unknown to the land of the Crees or Dakotas-- His heart lingered still on the Rhone, 'mid the mulberry-trees and the vineyards, Fast-fettered and bound by the zone that girdled the robes of his darling.
1	Wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	advcl	_	_
4	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	Huron	Huron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	Or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	cruising	cruise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Crees	Cree	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	Dakotas	Dakotas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
29	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
31	lingered	linger	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
32	still	still	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Rhone	rhone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
37	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	mid	mi	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
40	mulberry	mulberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	vineyards	vineyard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	Fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	fettered	fetter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	acl	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	conj	_	_
52	by	by	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	zone	zone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
55	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	56	nsubj	_	_
56	girdled	girdle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	acl:relcl	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obj	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	darling	darling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	38	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander** | past | Rhone | Rhone's heart |  | the heart of the wild Huron forests |  | alone, wherever *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme heart=Trajectory |
| 2 | **cruise** | gerund | Rhone *not said here* | the rivers |  | the land of the Crees or Dakotas |  | unknown *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent river=Theme to land=Trajectory |
| 3 | **linger** | participle | Rhone *not said here* |  |  | the Rhone | still |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rhone=Location |
| 4 | **mi** | past |  | the mulberry trees and the vineyards |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **fetter** | participle |  | the mulberry trees and the vineyards *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **bind** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the zone | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **girdle** | past | the zone | the robes of Rhone's darling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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