--- title: Only to herself she murmured, All alone with Waub-omeé-meé, On the t… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Only to herself she murmured, All alone with Waub-omeé-meé, On the tall and toppling highland, O'er the wilderness of waters; Murmured to the murmuring waters, Murmured to the Nébe-nâw-baigs-- To the spirits of the waters; On the wild waves poured her sorrow, Save the infant on her bosom With her da --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/64/) [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/) / [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/) / 64 # Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 64 Only to herself she murmured, All alone with Waub-omeé-meé, On the tall and toppling highland, O'er the wilderness of waters; Murmured to the murmuring waters, Murmured to the Nébe-nâw-baigs-- To the spirits of the waters; On the wild waves poured her sorrow, Save the infant on her bosom With her dark eyes wide with wonder, None to hear her but the spirits, And the murmuring pines above her. **Who acts:** rabbit · **What happens:** murmur, topple, pour, save, hear, sorrow · **To what, where:** tall highland, murmuring waters, Nébe nâw baigs, sorrow, wild waves, infant 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 (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:pg8122:18:64 # text = Only to herself she murmured, All alone with Waub-omeé-meé, On the tall and toppling highland, O'er the wilderness of waters; Murmured to the murmuring waters, Murmured to the Nébe-nâw-baigs-- To the spirits of the waters; On the wild waves poured her sorrow, Save the infant on her bosom With her dark eyes wide with wonder, None to hear her but the spirits, And the murmuring pines above her. 1 Only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 to to SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 nsubj _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 murmured murmur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 All all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 Waub Waub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 omeé omeé NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 meé meé NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 On on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 toppling topple VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 21 highland highland NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 O'er O'er PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Murmured murmur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 murmuring murmuring NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Murmured murmur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 38 Nébe Nébe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 nâw nâw NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 baigs baig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 To to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 51 On on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ _ 55 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 Save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 infant infant NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 65 With with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 67 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 69 wide wide ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 70 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 73 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 71 conj _ _ 74 to to PART TO _ 75 mark _ _ 75 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ _ 76 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ _ 77 but but CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 81 And and CCONJ CC _ 86 cc _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 83 murmuring murmuring NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 compound _ _ 84 pines pine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 86 nsubj _ _ 85 above above ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 86 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **murmur** *speech: other* | past | rabbit | | | the tall highland | | alone *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on highland=Location | | 2 | **topple** | gerund | rabbit *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **murmur** *speech: other* | participle | | the tall highland *not said here* | the murmuring waters | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to water=Recipient | | 4 | **murmur** *speech: other* | participle | | the murmuring waters *not said here* | the Nébe nâw baigs | | | to the spirits of the waters | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to baig=Recipient | | 5 | **pour** | past | | rabbit's sorrow | | the wild waves | | with wonder None; above rabbit; wide *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorrow=Patient | | 6 | **save** | infinitive | | the infant | | rabbit's bosom | | with rabbit's dark eyes | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent infant=Theme on bosom=Source | | 7 | **hear** | to-infinitive | | rabbit | | | | the spirits *conj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 8 | **sorrow** | | rabbit | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **bosom** | | rabbit | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: 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/pg8122/18/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/65/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)