--- title: With sable wings wide o'er the land, night sprinkles the dew of the… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: With sable wings wide o'er the land, night sprinkles the dew of the heavens; And hard by the dark river's strand, in the midst of a tall, somber forest, Two camp-fires are lighted, and beam on the trunks and the arms of the pine-trees. Who acts: night, tall somber forest. 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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 (night, tall somber forest), 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:pg8122:12:95 # text = With sable wings wide o'er the land, night sprinkles the dew of the heavens; And hard by the dark river's strand, in the midst of a tall, somber forest, Two camp-fires are lighted, and beam on the trunks and the arms of the pine-trees. 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 sable sable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 4 wide wide ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 o'er o'er ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sprinkles sprinkle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 strand strand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 somber somber ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 37 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 fires fire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 beam beam NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 trunks trunk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 53 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprinkle** | present | night | the dew of the heavens | | the midst of a tall somber forest | | with sable wings | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dew=Theme in midst=Destination | | 2 | **light** | present · passive | a tall somber forest *not said here* | Two camp fires | | | | beam on the trunks and the arms of the pine trees *obl* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/95/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/)