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title: Side by side, neck and neck, for a mile, still they strain their str… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: Side by side, neck and neck, for a mile, still they strain their strong arms to the utmost, Till rounding a willowy isle, now ahead creeps the boat of Tamdóka, And the neighboring forests profound, and the far-stretching plain of the meadows To the whoop of the victors resound, while the panting Fre
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 93

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Side by side, neck and neck, for a mile, still they strain their strong arms to the utmost, Till rounding a willowy isle, now ahead creeps the boat of Tamdóka, And the neighboring forests profound, and the far-stretching plain of the meadows To the whoop of the victors resound, while the panting French rest on their paddles.

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**Who acts:** oars, stretching plain · **What happens:** strain, round, creep, neighbor, stretch, resound · **To what, where:** strong arms, willowy isle, boat, French rest, paddles, neck

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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 (oars, stretching plain), 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:pg8122:12:94
# text = Side by side, neck and neck, for a mile, still they strain their strong arms to the utmost, Till rounding a willowy isle, now ahead creeps the boat of Tamdóka, And the neighboring forests profound, and the far-stretching plain of the meadows To the whoop of the victors resound, while the panting French rest on their paddles.
1	Side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	strain	strain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	utmost	utmost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	rounding	round	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	willowy	willowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	isle	isle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	31	advmod	_	_
30	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	creeps	creep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Tamdóka	Tamdóka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
37	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	neighboring	neighbor	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	40	amod	_	_
40	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	compound	_	_
41	profound	profound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
45	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	stretching	stretch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	48	amod	_	_
48	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nsubj	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	meadows	meadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
52	To	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	whoop	whoop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	victors	victor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	nmod	_	_
58	resound	resound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
60	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	62	mark	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	panting	pant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	58	advcl	_	_
63	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
64	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
65	on	on	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	paddles	paddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strain** | present | oars *= oar* | oars's strong arms |  |  | still | to the utmost | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent arm=Source |
| 2 | **round** | gerund | oars *= oar* *not said here* | a willowy isle |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent isle=Patient |
| 3 | **creep** | present | oars *= oar* *not said here* | the boat of Tamdóka |  |  | now | forests profound *obl*; ahead *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location boat=Theme |
| 4 | **neighbor** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **stretch** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **resound** | infinitive | the stretching plain of the meadows to the whoop of the victors |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **pant** | gerund | the stretching plain of the meadows to the whoop of the victors *not said here* | French rest |  | oars's paddles |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Topic |
| 9 | **whoop** |  |  | the victors |  |  |  |  | nom whoop «communication transitive»: 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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