--- title: In the Spring-time of life, in the flush of the gladsome mid-May day… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: In the Spring-time of life, in the flush of the gladsome mid-May days of Summer, When the bobolink sang and the thrush, and the red robin chirped in the branches, To the tent of the brave must she go; she must kindle the fire in his tepee; She must sit in the lodge of her foe, as a slave at the feet --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/130/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/) / 130 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 130 In the Spring-time of life, in the flush of the gladsome mid-May days of Summer, When the bobolink sang and the thrush, and the red robin chirped in the branches, To the tent of the brave must she go; she must kindle the fire in his tepee; She must sit in the lodge of her foe, as a slave at the feet of her master. **Who acts:** bobolink, red robin · **What happens:** sing, chirp, go, kindle, sit · **To what, where:** tent, branches, fire, tepee, lodge 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 (bobolink, red robin), 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:pg8122:14:130 # text = In the Spring-time of life, in the flush of the gladsome mid-May days of Summer, When the bobolink sang and the thrush, and the red robin chirped in the branches, To the tent of the brave must she go; she must kindle the fire in his tepee; She must sit in the lodge of her foe, as a slave at the feet of her master. 1 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 Spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 flush flush NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 gladsome gladsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 mid-May mid-May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 When when SCONJ WRB _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 bobolink bobolink NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 thrush thrush NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 robin robin NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 chirped chirp VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 To to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 advcl _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 kindle kindle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 tepee tepee NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 56 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 as as ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 69 at at ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the bobolink | | | | | the thrush *conj* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **chirp** | participle | the red robin | | the tent | the branches | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to tent=Recipient | | 3 | **go** | must | bobolink | the tent *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tent=Theme | | 4 | **kindle** | must | bobolink | the fire | | robin's tepee | time | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient | | 5 | **sit** | must | bobolink | | | the lodge of bobolink's foe | | as a slave at the feet of bobolink's master | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lodge=Location | 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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/131/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/)