--- title: All in vain her fond caresses On the Panther now she lavished; When… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: All in vain her fond caresses On the Panther now she lavished; When she smiled his face was sullen, When she laughed he frowned upon her; In her net of raven tresses Now no more she held him tangled. Who acts: All, Oge, face, Panther. 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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 (All, Oge, face, Panther), 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:pg8122:19:45 # text = All in vain her fond caresses On the Panther now she lavished; When she smiled his face was sullen, When she laughed he frowned upon her; In her net of raven tresses Now no more she held him tangled. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 vain vain ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 caresses caress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 7 On on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lavished lavish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 sullen sullen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 When when SCONJ WRB _ 24 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 frowned frown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 In in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 tresses tress VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 36 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 37 no no ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 tangled tangle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lavish** | past | All in Oge's fond caresses on the Panther | | | | now | Oge *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **smile** | past | Oge | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Panther's face | | | | | sullen *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **laugh** | past | Oge | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **frown** | past | Panther | | | | | upon Oge | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tress** | present | Oge *not said here* | | | Oge's net of raven | now | | tree rules | | 7 | **hold** | past | Oge | Panther | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **tangle** | participle | Oge *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **caress** | | Oge | | | the Panther | | | nom caress «act transitive»: poss=agent on=place | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/46/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/)