--- title: The vapor bath is taken in this way: "A number of poles the size of… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The vapor bath is taken in this way: "A number of poles the size of hoop-poles or less are taken, and their larger ends being set in the ground in a circle, the flexible tops are bent over and tied in the centre. Who acts: poles. 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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 (poles), 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:pg8122:22:2 # text = The vapor bath is taken in this way: "A number of poles the size of hoop-poles or less are taken, and their larger ends being set in the ground in a circle, the flexible tops are bent over and tied in the centre. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 vapor vapor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 hoop hoop NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 conj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 amod _ _ 29 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 flexible flexible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 44 over over ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present · passive | | the vapor bath | | this way and a number of poles | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | present · passive | poles *not said here* | the size of hoop poles | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **set** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | | poles's larger ends | | the ground | | in a circle | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in ground=Destination | | 4 | **bend over** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the flexible tops | | | | over *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material | | 5 | **tie** *in a quote* | participle | | | | the centre | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/3/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/)