--- title: Long and loud on the hills is the shout of his swarthy admirers and… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Long and loud on the hills is the shout of his swarthy admirers and backers; "But the race is not won till it's out," said DuLuth, to himself as he gathered, With a frown on his face, for the foot of the wily Tamdóka had tripped him. Who acts: Long shout, Duluth. 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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 (Long shout, Duluth), 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:pg8122:11:61 # text = Long and loud on the hills is the shout of his swarthy admirers and backers; "But the race is not won till it's out," said DuLuth, to himself as he gathered, With a frown on his face, for the foot of the wily Tamdóka had tripped him. 1 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 shout shout NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 swarthy swarthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 admirers admirer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 backers backer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 But but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 24 till till SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 DuLuth DuLuth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obl _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 With with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 frown frown NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 wily wily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 Tamdóka Tamdóka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 tripped trip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *speech: express* | present | | the Long shout | | | | of shout's swarthy admirers and backers | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **win out** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the race | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Long shout | | shout | | | DuLuth *nsubj* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **gather** | past | Duluth | | | | | with a frown on shout's face | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with frown=Co-Patient | | 5 | **trip** | past · perfect · passive | | the foot of the wily Tamdóka | | | | Tamdóka *obj* | tree rules | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/62/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)