--- title: Like spurs to the steed to DuLuth were the jeers and the taunts of t… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Like spurs to the steed to DuLuth were the jeers and the taunts of the boaster; Indignant was he and red wroth, at the trick of the runner dishonest; And away like a whirlwind he speeds --like a hurricane mad from the mountains; He gains on Tamdóka,--he leads! --and behold, with the spring of a pant --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/63/) [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/) / 63 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 63 Like spurs to the steed to DuLuth were the jeers and the taunts of the boaster; Indignant was he and red wroth, at the trick of the runner dishonest; And away like a whirlwind he speeds --like a hurricane mad from the mountains; He gains on Tamdóka,--he leads! --and behold, with the spring of a panther, He leaps to the goal and succeeds, 'mid the roar of the mad acclamation. **Who acts:** Indignant, Tamdóka, mad acclamation · **What happens:** be, speed, gain, lead, leap, succeed · **To what, where:** jeers, trick, hurricane, Tamdóka, goal, roar 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 (Indignant, Tamdóka, mad acclamation), 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:pg8122:11:63 # text = Like spurs to the steed to DuLuth were the jeers and the taunts of the boaster; Indignant was he and red wroth, at the trick of the runner dishonest; And away like a whirlwind he speeds --like a hurricane mad from the mountains; He gains on Tamdóka,--he leads! --and behold, with the spring of a panther, He leaps to the goal and succeeds, 'mid the roar of the mad acclamation. 1 Like like ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 spurs spur NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 DuLuth DuLuth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 jeers jeer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 taunts taunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 boaster boaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 Indignant Indignant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 wroth wroth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 runner runner NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 dishonest dishonest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 23 conj _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 whirlwind whirlwind NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 speeds speed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 hurricane hurricane NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 44 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 gains gain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Tamdóka Tamdóka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ! ! PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ _ 58 -- -- PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 behold behold INTJ UH _ 50 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 leaps leap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 71 to to ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 succeeds succeed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 77 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 mid mi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obj _ _ 81 of of ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 83 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 amod _ _ 84 acclamation acclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the jeers and the taunts of the boaster | | | | like spurs to the steed to DuLuth; the taunts of the boaster *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Indignant | | | the trick of the runner | | wroth *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **speed** | present | Indignant | a hurricane | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hurricane=Agent | | 4 | **gain** | present | Indignant | | | Tamdóka | spring | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **lead** | present | Tamdóka | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 6 | **leap** | present | Tamdóka | | | the goal | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to goal=Destination | | 7 | **succeed** | present | Indignant *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **mi** | past | | the roar of the mad acclamation | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **taunt** | | | the boaster | | | | | nom taunt «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **trick** | | | the runner | | | | | nom trick «act transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **roar** | | the mad acclamation | | | | | | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/64/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)