--- title: The wild-rice is gathered and ripe, on the moors, lie the scarlet po… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The wild-rice is gathered and ripe, on the moors, lie the scarlet po-pán-ka; [a] Michabo [85] is smoking his pipe, --'tis the soft, dreamy Indian Summer, When the god of the South as he flies from Wazíya, the god of the Winter, For a time turns his beautiful eyes, and backward looks over his shoulde --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/57/) [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/) / 57 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 57 The wild-rice is gathered and ripe, on the moors, lie the scarlet po-pán-ka; \[a\] Michabo \[85\] is smoking his pipe, --'tis the soft, dreamy Indian Summer, When the god of the South as he flies from Wazíya, the god of the Winter, For a time turns his beautiful eyes, and backward looks over his shoulder. **Who acts:** gathered moors, Michabo · **What happens:** gather, lie, smoke, fly, turn, look · **To what, where:** wild rice, scarlet pán ka, pipe, Wazíya, beautiful eyes 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 (gathered moors, Michabo), 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:pg8122:13:57 # text = The wild-rice is gathered and ripe, on the moors, lie the scarlet po-pán-ka; [a] Michabo [85] is smoking his pipe, --'tis the soft, dreamy Indian Summer, When the god of the South as he flies from Wazíya, the god of the Winter, For a time turns his beautiful eyes, and backward looks over his shoulder. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 moors moor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 16 scarlet scarlet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 17 po po NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 pán pán NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ka ka NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 23 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Michabo Michabo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 85 85 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 smoking smoke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 tis tis ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 39 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 dreamy dreamy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Summer Summer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Wazíya Wazíya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 Winter Winter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 For for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 66 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 backward backward ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 conj _ _ 74 over over ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | present · passive | | the wild rice | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **lie** | present | the gathered moors | the scarlet pán ka | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **smoke** | present · progressive | a Michabo | Michabo's pipe | | | | tis the soft dreamy Indian Summer | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pipe=Source | | 4 | **fly** | present | Michabo | | | Wazíya | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wazíya=Trajectory | | 5 | **turn** | present | Michabo *not said here* | Michabo's beautiful eyes | | | time | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 6 | **look** | present | Michabo *not said here* | | | | | over Michabo's shoulder; backward *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over shoulder=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/58/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/)