--- title: Still, methinks, the dusky shadows of the days that are no more Stal… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Still, methinks, the dusky shadows of the days that are no more Stalk around the lakes and meadows, haunting oft the wonted shore,-- Hunters from the land of spirits seek the bison and the deer, Where the Saxon now inherits golden field and silver mere; And beside the mound where burried lies the da --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/18/) [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 Mississippi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/) / 18 # Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 18 Still, methinks, the dusky shadows of the days that are no more Stalk around the lakes and meadows, haunting oft the wonted shore,-- Hunters from the land of spirits seek the bison and the deer, Where the Saxon now inherits golden field and silver mere; And beside the mound where burried lies the dark-eyed maid he loves, Some tall warrior, wan and wearied, in the misty moonlight moves. **Who acts:** days, Hunters, Saxon, misty moonlight · **What happens:** not be, haunt, wont, seek, inherit, burry · **To what, where:** more Stalk, lakes, wonted shore, methinks, golden field, eyed maid This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Mississippi.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (days, Hunters, Saxon, misty moonlight), 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:pg8122:4:18 # text = Still, methinks, the dusky shadows of the days that are no more Stalk around the lakes and meadows, haunting oft the wonted shore,-- Hunters from the land of spirits seek the bison and the deer, Where the Saxon now inherits golden field and silver mere; And beside the mound where burried lies the dark-eyed maid he loves, Some tall warrior, wan and wearied, in the misty moonlight moves. 1 Still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 methinks methink NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 dusky dusky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 no no ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 amod _ _ 15 Stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 around around ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 haunting haunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 23 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 wonted wont VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 35 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 bison bison NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 46 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Saxon Saxon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 46 inherits inherit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 47 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 mere mere NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 53 And and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 54 beside beside ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 57 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 58 advmod _ _ 58 burried burry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 acl _ _ 59 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 61 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 70 det _ _ 69 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 72 wan wan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 wearied weary VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 72 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 76 in in SCONJ IN _ 80 mark _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 misty misty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 80 moves move VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | the days | more Stalk | | the lakes and meadows | | | tree rules | | 2 | **haunt** | gerund | the days *not said here* | the wonted shore | | | | oft *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus shore=Experiencer | | 3 | **wont** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **seek** | present | Hunters from the land of spirits | methinks and the dusky shadows of the days | | | | the bison and the deer *obj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bison=Theme | | 5 | **inherit** | present | the Saxon | golden field and silver mere | | | now | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme | | 6 | **burry** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lie** | present | Hunters from the land of spirits *not said here* | the eyed maid and some tall warrior | | the mound | | | tree rules | | 8 | **love** | present | Saxon | the eyed maid and some tall warrior *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maid=Stimulus | | 9 | **weary** | participle | Hunters from the land of spirits *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **move** | present | the misty moonlight | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **shadow** | | | the days | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/19/) - ↑ back to [The Mississippi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/)