--- title: Then fleet as the feet of a fawn to her lodge ran the dark eyed Wino… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Then fleet as the feet of a fawn to her lodge ran the dark eyed Winona, She brought and she staked on the lawn, by the side of the robe of the boaster, The lily-red mantle Duluth, with his own hands, had laid on her shoulders. " Who acts: you, feet, dark. 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" **Who acts:** you, feet, dark · **What happens:** fleet, run, eye, bring, stake, lay · **To what, where:** Winona, lawn, own hands, shoulders 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 (you, feet, dark), 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:pg8122:11:52 # text = Then fleet as the feet of a fawn to her lodge ran the dark eyed Winona, She brought and she staked on the lawn, by the side of the robe of the boaster, The lily-red mantle Duluth, with his own hands, had laid on her shoulders. " 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 fleet fleet VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 eyed eye VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 Winona Winona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 staked stake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lawn lawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 boaster boaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 38 lily lily NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 42 Duluth Duluth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fleet** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | then | by the side of the robe of the boaster and the red mantle; with Duluth's own hands | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | past | the feet of a fawn to wife's lodge | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **eye** | past | the dark | Winona | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer winona=Stimulus | | 4 | **bring** | past | dark | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **stake** | past | dark | | | the lawn | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lay** | past · perfect | | Duluth's own hands *not said here* | | wife's shoulders | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on shoulder=Destination | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/53/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)