--- title: In the gray of the morn, ere the sun peeped over the dewy horizon, T… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: In the gray of the morn, ere the sun peeped over the dewy horizon, Their journey again was begun, and they toiled up the swift, winding river; And many a shallow they passed on their way to the Lake of the Spirits; But dauntless they reached it at last, and found Akee-pá-kee-tin's village, [a] On an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the Northwest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/) / [The Feast of the Virgins., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/) / 21 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 21 In the gray of the morn, ere the sun peeped over the dewy horizon, Their journey again was begun, and they toiled up the swift, winding river; And many a shallow they passed on their way to the Lake of the Spirits; But dauntless they reached it at last, and found Akee-pá-kee-tin's village, \[a\] On an isle in the midst of the lake; and a day in his teepee they tarried. **Who acts:** sun, Sons, many · **What happens:** ere, peep, begin, toil up, wind, pass · **To what, where:** gray, journey, swift, river, way, last This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, Sons, many), 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:pg8122:13:21 # text = In the gray of the morn, ere the sun peeped over the dewy horizon, Their journey again was begun, and they toiled up the swift, winding river; And many a shallow they passed on their way to the Lake of the Spirits; But dauntless they reached it at last, and found Akee-pá-kee-tin's village, [a] On an isle in the midst of the lake; and a day in his teepee they tarried. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 gray gray NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 morn morn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 ere ere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 peeped peep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 dewy dewy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 horizon horizon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 19 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 toiled toil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 winding wind VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 31 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 nsubj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 shallow shallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Lake Lake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 But but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 dauntless dauntless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 59 Akee Akee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 pá pá NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 kee kee NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 66 's 's PART POS _ 65 case _ _ 67 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 69 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 58 punct _ _ 72 On on ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 isle isle NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ; ; PUNCT : _ 89 punct _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 83 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obl:unmarked _ _ 85 in in ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 86 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 87 nmod:poss _ _ 87 teepee teepee NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 nmod _ _ 88 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 89 nsubj _ _ 89 tarried tarry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ere** | past | | | | the gray of the morn | | | tree rules | | 2 | **peep** | past | the sun | | | | | over the dewy horizon | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over horizon=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past · passive | | Sons's journey *not said here* | | | again | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V» | | 4 | **toil up** | past | Sons *= son* | the swift | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location swift=Theme | | 5 | **wind** | gerund | Sons *= son* *not said here* | river | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent river=Theme | | 6 | **pass** | past | many | | | Sons's way to the Lake of the Spirits | | Sons *= son* *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | | 7 | **reach** | past | Sons *= son* | river | | last | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at last=Asset | | 8 | **find** | past | | pá kee tin's village | | | | a isle in the midst of the lake *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Topic | | 9 | **tarry** | past | Sons *= son* | | | | day | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **journey** | | Sons *= son* | | | | | | nom journey «act 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/22/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/)