--- title: Alas for her waiting! the wings of the East-wind have brought her no… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Alas for her waiting! the wings of the East-wind have brought her no tidings; On the meadow the meadow-lark sings but sad is her song to Winona, For the glad warblers melody brings but the memory of voices departed. Who acts: meadow lark, warblers melody, Alas. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (meadow lark, warblers melody, Alas), 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:pg8122:14:131 # text = Alas for her waiting! the wings of the East-wind have brought her no tidings; On the meadow the meadow-lark sings but sad is her song to Winona, For the glad warblers melody brings but the memory of voices departed. 1 Alas Alas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 19 On on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 lark lark NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Winona Winona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 For for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 warblers warbler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 compound _ _ 39 melody melody NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 46 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | present · perfect · passive | | Alas for Alas's waiting | | | | the wings of the East wind *nsubj:pass*; Alas's tidings *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination tiding=Theme | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the meadow lark | | | the meadow | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on meadow=Location | | 3 | **is a** | present | the meadow lark *not said here* | Alas's sad song | Winona | | | Alas *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 4 | **bring** | present | the warblers melody | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **depart** | participle · passive | | the memory of voices | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **wait** | | Alas | | | | | | nom waiting «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/132/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/)