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title: Long they search the sullen river--searched for leagues along the sh… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: Long they search the sullen river--searched for leagues along the shore, Bark or babe or mother never saw the sad Dakotas more; But at night or misty morning oft the hunters heard her song, Oft the maidens heard her warning in their mellow mother-tongue. Who acts: Falls, Bark, oft hunters, maidens. 
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Legend., sentence 46

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Long they search the sullen river--searched for leagues along the shore, Bark or babe or mother never saw the sad Dakotas more; But at night or misty morning oft the hunters heard her song, Oft the maidens heard her warning in their mellow mother-tongue.

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**Who acts:** Falls, Bark, oft hunters, maidens, hunter · **What happens:** search, not see, hear, sing, warn · **To what, where:** sullen river, shore, song, warning, mellow mother tongue

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Legend.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Falls, Bark, oft hunters, maidens), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:17:46
# text = Long they search the sullen river--searched for leagues along the shore, Bark or babe or mother never saw the sad Dakotas more; But at night or misty morning oft the hunters heard her song, Oft the maidens heard her warning in their mellow mother-tongue.
1	Long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	search	search	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sullen	sullen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	searched	search	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	leagues	league	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	along	along	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	babe	babe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
20	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	Dakotas	dakota	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
25	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
27	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	misty	misty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
33	oft	oft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
36	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
37	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	Oft	Oft	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nsubj	_	_
43	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	parataxis	_	_
44	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
47	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
48	mellow	mellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
49	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | present | Falls | the sullen river |  |  |  | long *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent river=Location |
| 2 | **search** | participle |  | the sullen river *not said here* |  | the shore |  | for leagues | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for league=Theme along shore=Location |
| 3 | **not** **see** | past | Bark or babe or mother | the shore *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shore=Stimulus |
| 4 | **hear** | past | the oft hunters | hunter's song |  |  | night |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus |
| 5 | **hear** | past | the maidens | hunter's warning |  | Falls's mellow mother tongue |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer warning=Stimulus |
| 6 | **sing** |  | hunter |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **warn** |  | hunter |  |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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