--- title: So she swung above the waters-- Dizzy height above the waters, Pushe… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: So she swung above the waters-- Dizzy height above the waters, Pushed and aided by her rival, To and fro with reckless daring, Till the strong tree rocked and trembled, Rocked and trembled with its burden. Who acts: danger, rival. 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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 (danger, rival), 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:pg8122:19:11 # text = So she swung above the waters-- Dizzy height above the waters, Pushed and aided by her rival, To and fro with reckless daring, Till the strong tree rocked and trembled, Rocked and trembled with its burden. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 above above ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 Dizzy dizzy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 above above ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Pushed push VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 aided aid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 rival rival NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 To To PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 fro fro VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 reckless reckless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 daring daring NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 Till till ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 32 rocked rock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 trembled tremble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Rocked rock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 trembled tremble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swing** | past | danger | Dizzy height above the waters and To | | the waters | | the strong tree *parataxis* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme above water=Trajectory | | 2 | **push** | participle | | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **aid** | participle | | | | | | by danger's rival | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fro** | infinitive | danger *not said here* | | | | | with reckless daring | tree rules | | 5 | **rock** | participle | | the strong tree *not said here* | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tremble** | participle | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **rock** | participle | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tremble** | participle | | | | | | with rival's burden | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **burden** | | rival | | | | | | nom burden «cognition 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/12/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/)