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title: Far away --to the land of the sunrise--she wandered; On the blue rol… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: Far away --to the land of the sunrise--she wandered; On the blue rolling Tánka Medé, [a] in the midst of her dreams, she beheld him-- In his white-winged canoe, like a bird, to the land of Dakotas returning; And often in fancy she heard the dip of his oars on the river. Who acts: Winona, Dakotas. A 
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 101

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Far away --to the land of the sunrise--she wandered; On the blue rolling Tánka Medé, \[a\] in the midst of her dreams, she beheld him-- In his white-winged canoe, like a bird, to the land of Dakotas returning; And often in fancy she heard the dip of his oars on the river.

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**Who acts:** Winona, Dakotas · **What happens:** wander, roll, behold, wing, return, hear · **To what, where:** Tánka, winged canoe, dip, fancy

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Winona, Dakotas), 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:pg8122:14:101
# text = Far away --to the land of the sunrise--she wandered; On the blue rolling Tánka Medé, [a] in the midst of her dreams, she beheld him-- In his white-winged canoe, like a bird, to the land of Dakotas returning; And often in fancy she heard the dip of his oars on the river.
1	Far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
3	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	On	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	_
17	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
18	Tánka	Tánka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	Medé	Medé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	beheld	behold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	acl:relcl	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
35	In	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
37	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	winged	wing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	40	amod	_	_
40	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	like	like	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Dakotas	dakota	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
51	returning	return	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	50	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	58	punct	_	_
53	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
54	often	often	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
57	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	dip	dip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	nmod	_	_
64	on	on	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander** | past | Winona |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **roll** | gerund | Winona *not said here* | Tánka |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tánka=Agent |
| 3 | **behold** | past | Winona | Tánka |  | Tánka's winged canoe and a bird |  | to the land of Dakotas | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 4 | **wing** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **return** | gerund | Dakotas *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **hear** | past | Winona | the dip of Tánka's oars |  | fancy |  | on the river; often *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer dip=Stimulus |
| 8 | **dream** |  | Winona |  |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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