--- title: But the Sea-Gull murmured never, Not a word she spoke in anger, Went… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: But the Sea-Gull murmured never, Not a word she spoke in anger, Went about her work as ever, Tanned the skins of bear and beaver, Tanned the hides of moose and red deer, Gathered fagots for the lodge-fire, Gathered rushes from the marches; Deftly into mats she wove them; Kept the lodge as bright as --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/63/) [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/) / [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/) / 63 # Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 63 But the Sea-Gull murmured never, Not a word she spoke in anger, Went about her work as ever, Tanned the skins of bear and beaver, Tanned the hides of moose and red deer, Gathered fagots for the lodge-fire, Gathered rushes from the marches; Deftly into mats she wove them; Kept the lodge as bright as ever. **Who acts:** Sea Gull, rabbit · **What happens:** not murmur, speak, go, tan, gather, weave · **To what, where:** word, anger, skins, hides, rushes, marches · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, rabbit), 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:pg8122:18:63 # text = But the Sea-Gull murmured never, Not a word she spoke in anger, Went about her work as ever, Tanned the skins of bear and beaver, Tanned the hides of moose and red deer, Gathered fagots for the lodge-fire, Gathered rushes from the marches; Deftly into mats she wove them; Kept the lodge as bright as ever. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 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 murmured murmur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Tanned tan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 beaver beaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Tanned tan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hides hide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 moose moose NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 Gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 fagots fagot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 Gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 50 rushes rush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 marches march NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 Deftly deftly ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 56 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 mats mat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 wove weave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 60 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 62 Kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 as as ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 67 as as ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **murmur** *speech: other* | past | the Sea Gull | a word | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | rabbit | a word *not said here* | | anger | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | | | | | | about rabbit's work | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about work=Location | | 4 | **tan** | past | | the skins of bear and beaver | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 5 | **tan** | past | | the hides of moose and red deer and Gathered fagots for the lodge fire | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hide=Patient | | 6 | **gather** | participle | | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **gather** | past | | rushes | | the marches | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rush=Theme from march=Source | | 8 | **weave** | past | rabbit | rushes *= rush* | | mats | | deftly *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent they=Material into mat=Product | | 9 | **keep** | past | rabbit *not said here* | the lodge | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lodge=Theme | | 10 | **work** | | rabbit | | | | | | nom work «act 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/64/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)