--- title: On the tall cliff by the waters So the Raven watched and waited; All… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: On the tall cliff by the waters So the Raven watched and waited; All the day he watched and waited, But the hungry infant slumbered, Slumbered by the side of Raven, Till the pines' gigantic shadows Stretched and pointed to Waubú-Nong--[1021] To the far off land of Sunrise; Then the wee one woke and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/27/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/) / 27 # Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2, sentence 27 On the tall cliff by the waters So the Raven watched and waited; All the day he watched and waited, But the hungry infant slumbered, Slumbered by the side of Raven, Till the pines' gigantic shadows Stretched and pointed to Waubú-Nong--\[1021\] To the far off land of Sunrise; Then the wee one woke and famished, Made a long and piteous wailing. **Who acts:** Raven, Panther, side, wee one, pines · **What happens:** watch, wait, slumber, stretch, point, wake · **To what, where:** tall cliff, hungry infant, gigantic shadows, Waubú, long wailing 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 (Raven, Panther, side, wee one), 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:pg8122:19:27 # text = On the tall cliff by the waters So the Raven watched and waited; All the day he watched and waited, But the hungry infant slumbered, Slumbered by the side of Raven, Till the pines' gigantic shadows Stretched and pointed to Waubú-Nong--[1021] To the far off land of Sunrise; Then the wee one woke and famished, Made a long and piteous wailing. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 So so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Raven Raven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 But but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 infant infant NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 slumbered slumber VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Slumbered slumber VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Raven Raven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 Till till SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 pines pine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ' 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 gigantic gigantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 Stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Waubú Waubú PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Nong Nong PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 1021 1021 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 51 punct _ _ 53 To to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 obl _ _ 56 off off ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ _ 61 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 65 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 famished famish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 Made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 conj _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 71 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 piteous piteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 conj _ _ 74 wailing wailing NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past | the Raven | | | the tall cliff by the waters | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cliff=Location | | 2 | **wait** | past | the Raven *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **watch** | past | Panther | | | | day | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wait** | past | Panther *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **slumber** | participle | | the hungry infant *not said here* | | | | | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **slumber** | participle · passive | the side of Raven | the hungry infant | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stretch** | participle · passive | | the pines's gigantic shadows | | | | to the far *result*; off land of Sunrise; 1021 *obl* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient to far=Result | | 8 | **point** | participle | | | Waubú and Nong | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to waubú=Recipient | | 9 | **wake** | past | the wee one | | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **famish** | past | the wee one *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **make** | past | the wee one *not said here* | a long wailing | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wailing=Product | | 12 | **shadow** | | the pines | | | | | | nom shadow «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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/28/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/)