--- title: Swift she speeds with her burden, but swift on her track fly the min… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Swift she speeds with her burden, but swift on her track fly the minions of famine; Now they yell on the view from the drift, in the reeds at the marge of the meadow; Red gleam their wild, ravenous eyes; for they see on the hill-side their supper; The dark forest echoes their cries; but her heart is --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/64/) [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/) / 64 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 7, sentence 64 Swift she speeds with her burden, but swift on her track fly the minions of famine; Now they yell on the view from the drift, in the reeds at the marge of the meadow; Red gleam their wild, ravenous eyes; for they see on the hill-side their supper; The dark forest echoes their cries; but her heart is the heart of a warrior. **Who acts:** Swift, minions, dark forest, heart, meadow · **What happens:** speed, fly, yell, see, echo, be · **To what, where:** minions, view, supper, hill side, cries, heart 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 (Swift, minions, dark forest, heart), 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:pg8122:14:64 # text = Swift she speeds with her burden, but swift on her track fly the minions of famine; Now they yell on the view from the drift, in the reeds at the marge of the meadow; Red gleam their wild, ravenous eyes; for they see on the hill-side their supper; The dark forest echoes their cries; but her heart is the heart of a warrior. 1 Swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 speeds speed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 minions minion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 yell yell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 drift drift NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 marge marge NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 Red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 gleam gleam NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 42 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 ravenous ravenous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 52 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 58 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 echoes echo VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 62 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 65 but but CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 66 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ _ 68 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 cop _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speed** | present | Swift | | | | | with swift's burden; swift *nsubj* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | present | swift on swift's track | the minions of famine | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location minion=Theme | | 3 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | minions *= minion* | | | the view | now | from the drift; in the reeds at the marge of the meadow and Red gleam | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | present | minions *= minion* | meadow's supper | | the hill side | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer supper=Stimulus | | 5 | **echo** | present | the dark forest | meadow's cries | | | | | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cry=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | present | swift's heart | the heart | | | | of a warrior | tree rules | | 7 | **burden** | | swift | | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **cry** | | meadow | | | | | | nom cry «communication 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/65/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/)