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title: See! the _voyageurs_ bend to their oars till the blue veins swell ou… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: See! the _voyageurs_ bend to their oars till the blue veins swell out on their foreheads; And the sweat from their brawny breasts pours; but in vain their Herculean labor; For the oars of Tamdôka are ten, and but six are the oars of the Frenchmen, And the red warriors' burden of men is matched by th
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 92

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See! the \_voyageurs\_ bend to their oars till the blue veins swell out on their foreheads; And the sweat from their brawny breasts pours; but in vain their Herculean labor; For the oars of Tamdôka are ten, and but six are the oars of the Frenchmen, And the red warriors' burden of men is matched by the \_voyageur's\_ luggage.

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**Who acts:** you, blue veins, oars, \_ luggage, red warriors · **What happens:** see, swell out, be, match, burden · **To what, where:** \_ voyageurs, foreheads, ten, six oars, burden, men

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, blue veins, oars, \_ luggage), 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:pg8122:12:93
# text = See! the _voyageurs_ bend to their oars till the blue veins swell out on their foreheads; And the sweat from their brawny breasts pours; but in vain their Herculean labor; For the oars of Tamdôka are ten, and but six are the oars of the Frenchmen, And the red warriors' burden of men is matched by the _voyageur's_ luggage.
1	See	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	_	_	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	voyageurs	voyageur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bend	bend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
11	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	veins	vein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	swell	swell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	foreheads	forehead	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
21	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	brawny	brawny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	breasts	breast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	_
28	pours	pour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
30	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
32	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
33	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
34	Herculean	herculean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	labor	labor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
37	For	for	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nsubj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Tamdôka	Tamdôka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
42	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
43	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	35	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
46	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
47	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	50	nummod	_	_
48	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	Frenchmen	Frenchman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
55	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	'	's	PART	POS	_	58	case	_	_
60	burden	burden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nsubj:pass	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	nmod	_	_
63	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	64	aux:pass	_	_
64	matched	match	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	acl:relcl	_	_
65	by	by	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	_	_	PUNCT	``	_	68	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	voyageur	voyageur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	's	's	PART	POS	_	68	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	_	_	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	luggage	luggage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | the \_ voyageurs and bend |  |  |  | to voyageurs's oars; the sweat from veins's brawny breasts and pours *obl*; veins's vain Herculean labor and the six oars *parataxis* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voyageur=Stimulus |
| 2 | **swell out** | present | the blue veins |  |  | veins's foreheads |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the oars of Tamdôka | ten |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | you *not said here* | the six oars |  |  |  | of the Frenchmen | tree rules |
| 5 | **match** | present · passive | the voyageur's \_ luggage | the red warriors's burden of men |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 6 | **burden** |  | the red warriors | men |  |  |  |  | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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