--- title: Saw he not the bear or beaver, Saw he not the elk or roebuck; From h… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Saw he not the bear or beaver, Saw he not the elk or roebuck; From his path the red fawn scampered, But no arrow followed after; From his den the sly wolf listened, But no twang of bow-string heard he. Who acts: Sullen, sly wolf, red fawn. 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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 (Sullen, sly wolf, red fawn), 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:pg8122:18:36 # text = Saw he not the bear or beaver, Saw he not the elk or roebuck; From his path the red fawn scampered, But no arrow followed after; From his den the sly wolf listened, But no twang of bow-string heard he. 1 Saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 1 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 beaver beaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 elk elk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 roebuck roebuck NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 17 From from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 23 scampered scamper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 25 But but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 28 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 after after SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 31 From from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 sly sly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 But but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 twang twang NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **bear** | | Sullen | | | | | beaver *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **see** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **elk** | | Sullen | | | | | roebuck *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **scamper** | participle | | the red fawn *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | participle | | no arrow *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **listen** | past | the sly wolf | | | | | from Sullen's den | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from den=Theme | | 8 | **hear** | past | the red fawn | Sullen | | Sullen's path | | no arrow *nsubj*; no twang of bow string *nsubj* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Topic from path=Source | | 9 | **twang** | | | bow string | | | | | nom twang «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/37/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)