--- title: From the prairies and the regions where the pine-plumed forest grows… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: From the prairies and the regions where the pine-plumed forest grows Shall arise the tawny legions with their lances and their bows; And again the shouts of battle shall resound along the plain, Bows shall twang and quivers rattle, women wail their warriors slain. 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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 (plumed forest, Shall, Bows, quivers), 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:pg8122:4:25 # text = From the prairies and the regions where the pine-plumed forest grows Shall arise the tawny legions with their lances and their bows; And again the shouts of battle shall resound along the plain, Bows shall twang and quivers rattle, women wail their warriors slain. 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prairies prairie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 regions region NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 plumed plume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl _ _ 14 Shall Shall PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 arise arise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 tawny tawny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 legions legion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 lances lance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 bows bow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 resound resound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 34 along along ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 38 Bows Bows PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 twang twang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 quivers quiver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 rattle rattle VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 46 wail wail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 slain slain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plume** | participle | | | | | | pine *compound* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | present | the plumed forest | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **arise** | present | Shall | the tawny legions | | | | with Shall's lances and Shall's bows | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location legion=Theme | | 4 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the plumed forest *not said here* | | | | again | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **resound** | shall | | | | the plain | | of battle | vn sound\_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along plain=Location | | 6 | **twang** | shall | Bows | | | the prairies and the regions | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **rattle** | present | quivers | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **wail** | present | women | Shall's warriors | | | | slain *obj* | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/24/) - next →: [A Legend of the Dakotas., 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/5/1/) - ↑ back to [The Mississippi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/)