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title: When the Sea-Gull wed the Panther, Fair was she and full of laughter… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: When the Sea-Gull wed the Panther, Fair was she and full of laughter; Like the robin in the spring-time, Sang from sunrise till the sunset; But the storms of many winters Sifted frost upon her tresses, Seamed her tawny face with wrinkles. Who acts: Sea Gull, Panther, many winters, storms. A sentence
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# Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 38

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When the Sea-Gull wed the Panther, Fair was she and full of laughter; Like the robin in the spring-time, Sang from sunrise till the sunset; But the storms of many winters Sifted frost upon her tresses, Seamed her tawny face with wrinkles.

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**Who acts:** Sea Gull, Panther, many winters, storms · **What happens:** w, be, sift, seam, storm · **To what, where:** storms, frost, tawny face

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sea Gull, Panther, many winters, storms), 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:pg8122:18:38
# text = When the Sea-Gull wed the Panther, Fair was she and full of laughter; Like the robin in the spring-time, Sang from sunrise till the sunset; But the storms of many winters Sifted frost upon her tresses, Seamed her tawny face with wrinkles.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Gull	Gull	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wed	w	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Panther	Panther	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Fair	Fair	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	robin	robin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
23	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	Sang	Sang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
30	till	till	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
34	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	winters	winter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	_
40	Sifted	sift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	acl	_	_
41	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
42	upon	upon	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	tresses	tress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	Seamed	seam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl	_	_
47	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
48	tawny	tawny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
50	with	with	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	wrinkles	wrinkle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **w** | past | the Sea Gull | the storms of many winters |  |  |  | like the robin in the spring time | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Panther and Fair |  |  |  |  | of laughter; witch *nsubj*; full *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sift** | participle | many winters *not said here* | frost |  |  |  | upon witch's tresses | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frost=Patient |
| 4 | **seam** | participle | the storms of many winters *not said here* | witch's tawny face |  |  |  | with wrinkles | tree rules |
| 5 | **storm** |  | many winters |  |  |  |  |  | nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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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