--- title: The English language, I am inclined to think, is not susceptible of… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The English language, I am inclined to think, is not susceptible of this melody, and my reasons are these: First, the polysyllables in Latin and Greek are finely diversified by long and short syllables, a circumstance that qualifies them for the melody of Hexameter verse: ours are extremely ill qual --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/2/40/) [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/) / [The Sea-gull, the Ojibwa Legend of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/2/) / 40 # Legends of the Northwest, The Sea-gull, the Ojibwa Legend of the Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior., sentence 40 The English language, I am inclined to think, is not susceptible of this melody, and my reasons are these: First, the polysyllables in Latin and Greek are finely diversified by long and short syllables, a circumstance that qualifies them for the melody of Hexameter verse: ours are extremely ill qualified for that service, because they super-abound in short syllables. **Who acts:** English language, long syllables, circumstance, ours, language · **What happens:** incline, think, not be, diversify, qualify, be · **To what, where:** I, polysyllables, language, short syllables This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Sea-gull, the Ojibwa Legend of the Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (English language, long syllables, circumstance, ours), 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:pg8122:2:41 # text = The English language, I am inclined to think, is not susceptible of this melody, and my reasons are these: First, the polysyllables in Latin and Greek are finely diversified by long and short syllables, a circumstance that qualifies them for the melody of Hexameter verse: ours are extremely ill qualified for that service, because they super-abound in short syllables. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 inclined incline VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 susceptible susceptible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 melody melody NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 24 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 polysyllables polysyllable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Latin Latin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 Greek Greek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 finely finely ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 diversified diversify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 39 syllables syllable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 circumstance circumstance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 qualifies qualify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 melody melody NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 Hexameter hexameter NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 verse verse NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 53 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 54 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 55 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 56 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 qualified qualified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 det _ _ 60 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 62 because because SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 64 super super ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 abound abound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 syllables syllable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **incline** | present · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | the English language | | | | | of this melody; susceptible *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **diversify** | present · passive | long syllables | the polysyllables in Latin and Greek | | | | finely, first *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 5 | **qualify** | present | a circumstance | language | | | | for the melody of Hexameter verse | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | ours | | | | | for that service; extremely, qualified *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **abound** | infinitive | language | | | short syllables | | super *property* | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in syllable=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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/2/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/2/41/) - ↑ back to [The Sea-gull, the Ojibwa Legend of the Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/2/)