--- title: The Day-Spirit walked in the west to his lodge in the land of the sh… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The Day-Spirit walked in the west to his lodge in the land of the shadows; His shining face gleamed on the crest of the oak-hooded hills and the mountains, And the meadow-lark hied to her nest, and the mottled owl peeped from her cover. Who acts: Day Spirit, mottled owl. 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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 (Day Spirit, mottled owl), 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:pg8122:14:132 # text = The Day-Spirit walked in the west to his lodge in the land of the shadows; His shining face gleamed on the crest of the oak-hooded hills and the mountains, And the meadow-lark hied to her nest, and the mottled owl peeped from her cover. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Spirit Spirit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 amod _ _ 21 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 22 gleamed gleam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 crest crest NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 hooded hood VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 lark lark NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 41 hied hie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 mottled mottle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 amod _ _ 49 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 peeped peep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 cover cover NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | the Day Spirit | memory's shining face and the meadow lark | | the west | | to memory's lodge in the land of the shadows *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to lodge=Result | | 2 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **gleam** | participle | | memory's shining face and the meadow lark *not said here* | | the crest of the hooded hills and the mountains | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on crest=Location | | 4 | **hood** | participle | | | | | | oak *compound* | tree rules | | 5 | **hie** | participle | | the meadow lark *not said here* | | | | to lark's nest | tree rules | | 6 | **mottle** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **peep** | past | the mottled owl | | | | | from lark's cover | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from cover=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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/133/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/)