--- title: In _Winona_ I have introduced a rhyme at the pivotal pause of the li… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: In _Winona_ I have introduced a rhyme at the pivotal pause of the line, not because my Hexameter requires it, but because I think it increases the melody, and more emphatically marks the central pause. Who acts: Hexameter, I, rhyme. 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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, I, rhyme), 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:pg8122:2:85 # text = In _Winona_ I have introduced a rhyme at the pivotal pause of the line, not because my Hexameter requires it, but because I think it increases the melody, and more emphatically marks the central pause. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Winona Winona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 2 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 introduced introduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rhyme rhyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 pivotal pivotal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 pause pause NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 19 because because SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 Hexameter hexameter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 because because SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 increases increase VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 melody melody NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 36 advmod _ _ 36 emphatically emphatically ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 marks mark VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 central central ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 pause pause NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **introduce** | present · perfect · passive | | I | | \_ | | at the pivotal pause of the line; a rhyme *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **require** | present | my Hexameter | rhyme | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **increase** | present | rhyme | the melody | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer melody=Patient | | 5 | **mark** | present | my Hexameter *not said here* | the central pause | | | | emphatically *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent pause=Destination | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/2/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/2/84/) - ↑ 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/)