--- title: Dead she tossed upon the billows; For the Nébe-nâw-baigs knew her, K… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Dead she tossed upon the billows; For the Nébe-nâw-baigs knew her, Knew the crafty, wicked woman, And they cast her from the waters, Spurned her from their shining wigwams; Far away upon the shingle With the roaring waves they cast her. Who acts: Fox, baigs. 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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 (Fox, baigs), 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:pg8122:19:60 # text = Dead she tossed upon the billows; For the Nébe-nâw-baigs knew her, Knew the crafty, wicked woman, And they cast her from the waters, Spurned her from their shining wigwams; Far away upon the shingle With the roaring waves they cast her. 1 Dead dead ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tossed toss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 billows billow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 For for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 10 Nébe Nébe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 nâw nâw NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 baigs baig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 15 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 crafty crafty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Spurned spurn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 shining shining NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 wigwams wigwam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 shingle shingle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 With with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toss** | past | Fox | | | the billows | | away, dead *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent upon billow=Destination | | 2 | **know** | past | | Fox | | | | for the Nébe nâw baigs | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | past | | the crafty wicked woman | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | | 4 | **cast** | past | baigs *= baig* | Fox | | the waters | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent she=Product from water=Material | | 5 | **spurn** | past | Fox *not said here* | Fox | | waters's shining wigwams | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cast** | past | baigs *= baig* | Fox | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/61/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/)