--- title: All safe at the foot of the trail, where they left it, they found th… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: All safe at the foot of the trail, where they left it, they found their felucca, And soon to the wind spread the sail, and glided at ease through the waters, Through the meadows and lakelets and forth, round the point stretching south like a finger, From the mist-wreathen hill on the north, sloping --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/38/) [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/) / 38 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 38 All safe at the foot of the trail, where they left it, they found their felucca, And soon to the wind spread the sail, and glided at ease through the waters, Through the meadows and lakelets and forth, round the point stretching south like a finger, From the mist-wreathen hill on the north, sloping down to the bay and the lake-side And behold, at the foot of the hill, a cluster of Chippewa wigwams, And the busy wives plying with skill their nets in the emerald waters. **Who acts:** feet, point, busy wives · **What happens:** leave, find, spread, glide, round, stretch · **To what, where:** trail, felucca, sail, ease, point, wreathen hill 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 (feet, point, busy wives), 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:pg8122:13:38 # text = All safe at the foot of the trail, where they left it, they found their felucca, And soon to the wind spread the sail, and glided at ease through the waters, Through the meadows and lakelets and forth, round the point stretching south like a finger, From the mist-wreathen hill on the north, sloping down to the bay and the lake-side And behold, at the foot of the hill, a cluster of Chippewa wigwams, And the busy wives plying with skill their nets in the emerald waters. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 felucca felucca NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 25 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 glided glide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 through through ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 Through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 lakelets lakelet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 forth forth ADV RB _ 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 round round VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 stretching stretch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ _ 49 south south ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 like like ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 From from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 56 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 wreathen wreathen NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 sloping slope VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 conj _ _ 65 down down ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 66 to to ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 bay bay NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 71 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 72 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ _ 74 And and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 behold behold INTJ UH _ 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 77 at at ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 80 of of ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 84 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 cluster cluster NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 conj _ _ 86 of of ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 87 Chippewa Chippewa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 88 compound _ _ 88 wigwams wigwam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 89 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 90 And and CCONJ CC _ 94 cc _ _ 91 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 92 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 93 amod _ _ 93 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 94 nsubj _ _ 94 plying ply VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 95 with with ADP IN _ 96 case _ _ 96 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 obl _ _ 97 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 98 nmod:poss _ _ 98 nets net NOUN NNS Number=Plur 94 obj _ _ 99 in in ADP IN _ 102 case _ _ 100 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 102 det _ _ 101 emerald emerald NOUN NN Number=Sing 102 compound _ _ 102 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 94 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 103 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | feet *= foot* | trail | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | feet *= foot* | feet's felucca | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent felucca=Topic | | 3 | **spread** | past | feet *= foot* *not said here* | the sail | | | | to the wind; soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sail=Theme | | 4 | **glide** | participle | feet *= foot* *not said here* | | | ease | | through the waters; through the meadows and lakelets | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme at ease=Source through water=Trajectory through meadow=Destination | | 5 | **round** | infinitive | | the point | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent point=Patient | | 6 | **stretch** | gerund | the point *not said here* | | | the wreathen hill on the north | | like a finger; south *property* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hill=Location | | 7 | **slope down** | gerund | the point *not said here* | | | the foot of the hill and a cluster of Chippewa wigwams | | to the bay and the lake side; down *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | | 8 | **ply** | gerund | the busy wives | feet's nets | | the emerald waters | | with skill | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent net=Recipient with skill=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/39/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/)