--- title: Thus she flashed that I might see her, See and know my mother's spir… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Thus she flashed that I might see her, See and know my mother's spirit; Thus she pointed to the waters, And beneath them lies her body, In the wigwam of the spirits-- In the lodge of Nébe-nâw-baigs." Who acts: Raven, I, body. 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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 (Raven, I, body), 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:pg8122:19:23 # text = Thus she flashed that I might see her, See and know my mother's spirit; Thus she pointed to the waters, And beneath them lies her body, In the wigwam of the spirits-- In the lodge of Nébe-nâw-baigs." 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flashed flash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 Thus thus ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 28 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 In in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 In in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 43 Nébe Nébe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 nâw nâw NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 baigs baig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flash** | past | Raven | | | | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | might | I | Raven | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **know** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my mother's spirit | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer spirit=Stimulus | | 5 | **point** | past | Raven | | the waters | | | thus *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to water=Recipient | | 6 | **lie** | present | Raven's body | | | the wigwam of the spirits | | beneath spirits *= spirit*; in the lodge of Nébe nâw baigs | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath they=Location | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/24/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/)