--- title: The runners are ranged on the plain, and the Chief waves a flag as a… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The runners are ranged on the plain, and the Chief waves a flag as a signal, And away like the gray wolves they fly --like the wolves on the trail of the red deer; O'er the hills and the prairie they vie, and strain their strong limbs to the utmost, While high on the hills hangs a cloud of warriors --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/24/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/) / 24 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 24 The runners are ranged on the plain, and the Chief waves a flag as a signal, And away like the gray wolves they fly --like the wolves on the trail of the red deer; O'er the hills and the prairie they vie, and strain their strong limbs to the utmost, While high on the hills hangs a cloud of warriors and maidens and mothers, To behold the swift runners, and loud are the cheers and the shouts of the warriors. **Who acts:** Chief, runners · **What happens:** range, wave, fly, vie, strain, hang · **To what, where:** runners, plain, flag, gray wolves, prairie, strong limbs This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Chief, runners), 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:pg8122:11:24 # text = The runners are ranged on the plain, and the Chief waves a flag as a signal, And away like the gray wolves they fly --like the wolves on the trail of the red deer; O'er the hills and the prairie they vie, and strain their strong limbs to the utmost, While high on the hills hangs a cloud of warriors and maidens and mothers, To behold the swift runners, and loud are the cheers and the shouts of the warriors. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 runners runner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 ranged range VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 waves wave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 obl:agent _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 signal signal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 21 like like ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 gray gray NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 O'er O'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 prairie prairie NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 vie vie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 strain strain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 utmost utmost NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 57 While while SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 58 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 advcl _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ _ 62 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nmod _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 conj _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 To to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 conj _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 runners runner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 79 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 80 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 82 cop _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 cheers cheer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 82 conj _ _ 86 of of ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **range** | present · passive | | the runners | | the plain | | the O'er hills and the prairie *obl*; away *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | | 2 | **wave** | present | the Chief | a flag | | | | as a signal | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Patient | | 3 | **fly** | present | runners *= runner* | the gray wolves *not said here* | | | | like the wolves on the trail of the red deer | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wolf=Theme | | 4 | **vie** | present | runners *= runner* | the prairie *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **strain** | present | | runners's strong limbs | | | | to the utmost | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent limb=Source | | 6 | **hang** | present | | a cloud of warriors and maidens and mothers | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Patient | | 7 | **behold** | to-infinitive | | the swift runners | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer runner=Stimulus | | 8 | **is a** | present | | the loud cheers | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | | | | | | of the warriors | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **cloud** | | | warriors and maidens and mothers | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/25/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)