--- title: An Hexameter line may consist of seventeen syllables, and when regul… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: An Hexameter line may consist of seventeen syllables, and when regular and not Spondiac, it never has fewer than thirteen: whence it follows that where the syllables are many, the plurality must be short; where few, the plurality must be long. Who acts: Hexameter line, sun, syllables, plurality. 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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 (Hexameter line, sun, syllables, plurality), 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:pg8122:2:61 # text = An Hexameter line may consist of seventeen syllables, and when regular and not Spondiac, it never has fewer than thirteen: whence it follows that where the syllables are many, the plurality must be short; where few, the plurality must be long. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Hexameter hexameter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 consist consist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 seventeen seventeen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 syllables syllable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 12 regular regular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 Spondiac Spondiac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 20 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 obj _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 thirteen thirteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 syllables syllable NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 plurality plurality NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 41 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 plurality plurality NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | may | a Hexameter line | | | | | of seventeen syllables | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **have** | present | sun | fewer | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Patient | | 3 | **follow** | present | sun | | | | | whence *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | the syllables | | | | | many *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | must | the plurality | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | the plurality *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | must | the plurality | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | 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/pg8122/2/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/2/61/) - ↑ 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/)