--- title: The drum beats,--the chief waves the flag, and away on the course sp… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The drum beats,--the chief waves the flag, and away on the course speed the runners, And away leads the brave like a stag, --like a hound on his track flies the Frenchman; And away haste the hunters, once more, to the hills for a view to the lake-side, And the dark-swarming hill-tops, they roar with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/55/) [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/) / 55 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 55 The drum beats,--the chief waves the flag, and away on the course speed the runners, And away leads the brave like a stag, --like a hound on his track flies the Frenchman; And away haste the hunters, once more, to the hills for a view to the lake-side, And the dark-swarming hill-tops, they roar with the storm of loud voices commingled. **Who acts:** drum, chief, hound, dark swarming hill tops, storm · **What happens:** beat, wave, lead, fly, haste, swarm · **To what, where:** flag, brave, Frenchman, hunters 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 (drum, chief, hound, dark swarming hill tops), 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:pg8122:11:55 # text = The drum beats,--the chief waves the flag, and away on the course speed the runners, And away leads the brave like a stag, --like a hound on his track flies the Frenchman; And away haste the hunters, once more, to the hills for a view to the lake-side, And the dark-swarming hill-tops, they roar with the storm of loud voices commingled. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 beats beat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 waves wave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 runners runner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obj _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hound hound NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Frenchman frenchman NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 haste haste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 48 advmod _ _ 48 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 62 And and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 64 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 swarming swarm VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 69 amod _ _ 67 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 71 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 roar roar VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 73 with with ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 obl _ _ 79 commingled commingle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | present | the drum | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wave** | present | the chief | the flag | | | | away *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Patient | | 3 | **lead** | present | the drum *not said here* | the brave like a stag | | | | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brave=Theme | | 4 | **fly** | present | a hound on chief's track | the Frenchman | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location frenchman=Theme | | 5 | **haste** | infinitive | the drum *not said here* | the hunters | | | | to the hills for a view; to the lake side; away *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **swarm** | gerund | | | | | | | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **roar** | present | the dark swarming hill tops | | | | | with the storm; tops *= top* *nsubj* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with storm=Theme | | 8 | **commingle** | past | the storm *not said here* | | | | | of loud voices | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/56/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)