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title: Then glad as the robin in May was the voice of Winona exulting; And… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: Then glad as the robin in May was the voice of Winona exulting; And the crest-fallen brave turned away, and lonely he walked by the river; He glowered as he went and the fire of revenge in his bosom was kindled, But he strove to dissemble his ire, and he whistled alone by the Ha-ha. Who acts: robin,
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 64

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Then glad as the robin in May was the voice of Winona exulting; And the crest-fallen brave turned away, and lonely he walked by the river; He glowered as he went and the fire of revenge in his bosom was kindled, But he strove to dissemble his ire, and he whistled alone by the Ha-ha.

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**Who acts:** robin, voice, Tamdóka · **What happens:** be, exult, fall, turn away, walk, glower · **To what, where:** revenge, bosom, ire

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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 (robin, voice, Tamdóka), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:11:64
# text = Then glad as the robin in May was the voice of Winona exulting; And the crest-fallen brave turned away, and lonely he walked by the river; He glowered as he went and the fire of revenge in his bosom was kindled, But he strove to dissemble his ire, and he whistled alone by the Ha-ha.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robin	robin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	was	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	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Winona	Winona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	exulting	exult	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
15	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	crest	crest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
20	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	_
21	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	conj	_	_
22	away	away	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	parataxis	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	acl:relcl	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	glowered	glower	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
34	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	ccomp	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
42	in	in	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	bosom	bosom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	kindled	kindle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	strove	strive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	dissemble	dissemble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	xcomp	_	_
53	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	ire	ire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	whistled	whistle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
59	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
60	by	by	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	Ha	Ha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	64	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	ha	ha	INTJ	UH	_	62	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the robin in May |  |  |  |  | as the voice; of Winona | tree rules |
| 2 | **exult** | gerund | the voice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | crest *compound*; brave *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **turn away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **walk** | past | Tamdóka |  |  |  |  | by the river | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Trajectory |
| 6 | **glower** | past | Tamdóka |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **go** | past | Tamdóka |  |  |  |  | the fire of revenge *conj* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **kindle** | past · passive |  | revenge *not said here* |  | Tamdóka's bosom |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |
| 9 | **strive** | past | Tamdóka |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **dissemble** | to-infinitive | Tamdóka *not said here* | Tamdóka's ire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **whistle** | past | Tamdóka |  |  |  |  | by the Ha; alone *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by ha=Location |
| 13 | **fire** |  |  | revenge |  |  |  |  | nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 14 | **bosom** |  | Tamdóka |  |  |  |  |  | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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