--- title: Far-stretching away to the eyes, winding blue in the midst of the me… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Far-stretching away to the eyes, winding blue in the midst of the meadows, As a necklet of sapphires that lies unclaspt in the lap of a virgin, Here asleep in the lap of the plain lies the reed-bordered, beautiful river. Who acts: necklet. 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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 (necklet), 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:pg8122:12:90 # text = Far-stretching away to the eyes, winding blue in the midst of the meadows, As a necklet of sapphires that lies unclaspt in the lap of a virgin, Here asleep in the lap of the plain lies the reed-bordered, beautiful river. 1 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 stretching stretch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 winding wind VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 10 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 As as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 necklet necklet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 sapphires sapphire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 unclaspt unclaspt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 virgin virgin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 34 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 43 reed reed NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 bordered border VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch away** | gerund | | | | the eyes | | as a necklet of sapphires; away, far *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to eye=Location | | 2 | **wind** | gerund | | | | the midst of the meadows | | blue *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in midst=Trajectory | | 3 | **lie** | present | a necklet of sapphires | | | the lap of a virgin | | unclaspt *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lap=Location | | 4 | **lie** | present | | the bordered beautiful river | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location river=Theme | | 5 | **border** | participle | | | | | | reed *compound* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/90/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/)