--- title: He will come,--he is coming," she said; "he will come, for my White… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: He will come,--he is coming," she said; "he will come, for my White Eagle promised," And low to the bare earth the maid bent her ear for the sound of his footsteps. " Who acts: earth, Moon, White Eagle, maid. 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" **Who acts:** earth, Moon, White Eagle, maid · **What happens:** come, say, promise, bend · **To what, where:** ear · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (earth, Moon, White Eagle, maid), 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:pg8122:14:104 # text = He will come,--he is coming," she said; "he will come, for my White Eagle promised," And low to the bare earth the maid bent her ear for the sound of his footsteps. " 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 White White ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | future | earth | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | present · progressive | earth | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Moon | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | future | earth | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | my White Eagle | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bend** *in a quote* | past | the maid | Moon's ear | | | | for the sound of earth's footsteps | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent ear=Material | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/105/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/)