--- title: At times I have been on the point of abandoning it in despair, but a… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: At times I have been on the point of abandoning it in despair, but after having been under the hammer and the file, at intervals for the last four years, _Winona_ is at last _done_, if not finished. Who acts: I, point. 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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 (I, point), 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:pg8122:2:90 # text = At times I have been on the point of abandoning it in despair, but after having been under the hammer and the file, at intervals for the last four years, _Winona_ is at last _done_, if not finished. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 abandoning abandon VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 16 after after SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 cop _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 file file NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 intervals interval NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Winona Winona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 17 punct _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · perfect | I | | | the point | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **abandon** | gerund | the point *not said here* | point | | despair | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme it=Source | | 3 | **have** | gerund | | | | intervals | year | Winona *xcomp* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | participle | | | | the hammer and the file | | the file *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | last \_ | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | participle | | last \_ *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **finish** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/2/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/2/89/) - ↑ 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/)