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title: As above the yawning billows Flew the Sea-Gull like a whirlwind, Red… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: As above the yawning billows Flew the Sea-Gull like a whirlwind, Red Fox, swifter than red lightning, Cut the cords, and headlong downward, Like an osprey from the ether, Like a wild-goose pierced with arrows, Fluttering fell the frantic woman, Fluttering fell into the waters-- Plunged and sank bene
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# Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2, sentence 12

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As above the yawning billows Flew the Sea-Gull like a whirlwind, Red Fox, swifter than red lightning, Cut the cords, and headlong downward, Like an osprey from the ether, Like a wild-goose pierced with arrows, Fluttering fell the frantic woman, Fluttering fell into the waters-- Plunged and sank beneath the waters!

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**Who acts:** yawning billows, you · **What happens:** fly, cut, pierce, flutter, fall, plunge · **To what, where:** Sea Gull, cords, wild goose, frantic woman, waters

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (yawning billows, you), 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:pg8122:19:12
# text = As above the yawning billows Flew the Sea-Gull like a whirlwind, Red Fox, swifter than red lightning, Cut the cords, and headlong downward, Like an osprey from the ether, Like a wild-goose pierced with arrows, Fluttering fell the frantic woman, Fluttering fell into the waters-- Plunged and sank beneath the waters!
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	above	above	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	yawning	yawning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	billows	billow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	Flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Gull	Gull	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	whirlwind	whirlwind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	Red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	swifter	swifter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	than	than	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	Cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	headlong	headlong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	conj	_	_
29	downward	downward	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	osprey	osprey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
34	from	from	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	ether	ether	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
40	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
43	pierced	pierce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	acl	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	Fluttering	flutter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	48	nsubj	_	_
48	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	advcl	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	frantic	frantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
53	Fluttering	flutter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	54	nsubj	_	_
54	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	conj	_	_
55	into	into	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
59	Plunged	plunge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	57	acl	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
61	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	conj	_	_
62	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | the yawning billows | the Sea Gull |  |  |  | like a whirlwind Red Fox and swifter than red lightning | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gull=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cords |  |  |  | like a osprey from the ether; like a wild goose | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cord=Product |
| 3 | **pierce** | participle |  | a wild goose *not said here* |  |  |  | with arrows | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with arrow=Instrument |
| 4 | **flutter** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **fall** | past |  | the frantic woman |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient woman=Result |
| 6 | **flutter** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **fall** | past |  |  |  |  |  | into the waters *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result |
| 8 | **plunge** | participle |  | the waters *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 9 | **sink** | past |  |  |  |  |  | beneath the waters | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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