--- title: In her swelling brown bosom she hid the crucified Jesus in silver; "… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: In her swelling brown bosom she hid the crucified Jesus in silver; "Niwástè," [c] she sadly replied; in her low voice the rising tears trembled; Her dewy eyes turned she aside, and she slowly returned to the teepees. Who acts: voice, Niwástè, rising tears, dewy eyes. 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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 (voice, Niwástè, rising tears, dewy eyes), 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:pg8122:12:41 # text = In her swelling brown bosom she hid the crucified Jesus in silver; "Niwástè," [c] she sadly replied; in her low voice the rising tears trembled; Her dewy eyes turned she aside, and she slowly returned to the teepees. 1 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 3 swelling swelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 crucified crucify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Niwástè Niwástè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 18 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 c c NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 15 punct _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 amod _ _ 31 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 dewy dewy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 aside aside ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 teepees teepee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | voice | the crucified Jesus | | voice's swelling brown bosom | | in silver | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jesus=Patient in bosom=Location | | 2 | **crucify** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Niwástè | | | | | voice *nsubj*; sadly *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tremble** | past | the rising tears | | | voice's low voice | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location | | 6 | **turn** | past | voice's dewy eyes | voice | | | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme she=Result | | 7 | **return** | past | voice | | | | | to the teepees *result*; slowly *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to teepee=Result | | 8 | **bosom** | | voice | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/41/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/)