--- title: Aye, before the birth, of Moses--ere the Pyramids were piled-- All h… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Aye, before the birth, of Moses--ere the Pyramids were piled-- All his banks were red with roses from the sea to nor'lands wild, And from forest, fen and meadows, in the deserts of the north, Elk and bison stalked like shadows, and the tawny tribes came forth; Deeds of death and deeds of daring on h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/7/) [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/) / 7 # Legends of the Northwest, The Mississippi., sentence 7 Aye, before the birth, of Moses--ere the Pyramids were piled-- All his banks were red with roses from the sea to nor'lands wild, And from forest, fen and meadows, in the deserts of the north, Elk and bison stalked like shadows, and the tawny tribes came forth; Deeds of death and deeds of daring on his leafy banks were done-- Women loved and men went warring--ere the siege of Troy begun. **Who acts:** banks, tawny tribes, deeds, Women, men · **What happens:** ere, pile, be, stalk, come, dare · **To what, where:** forest, Pyramids, sea, bison, Deeds, leafy banks 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 (banks, tawny tribes, deeds, Women), 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:pg8122:4:7 # text = Aye, before the birth, of Moses--ere the Pyramids were piled-- All his banks were red with roses from the sea to nor'lands wild, And from forest, fen and meadows, in the deserts of the north, Elk and bison stalked like shadows, and the tawny tribes came forth; Deeds of death and deeds of daring on his leafy banks were done-- Women loved and men went warring--ere the siege of Troy begun. 1 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ere ere VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Pyramids pyramid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 piled pile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 nor'lands nor'land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 28 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 fen fen NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 Elk Elk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 parataxis _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 bison bison NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 stalked stalk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 49 like like ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 tawny tawny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj _ _ 56 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 57 forth forth ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 59 Deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 conj _ _ 64 of of SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 65 daring dare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 63 acl _ _ 66 on on SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 leafy leafy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nsubj _ _ 70 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 -- -- PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 Women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nsubj _ _ 74 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 parataxis _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 76 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nsubj _ _ 77 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 conj _ _ 78 warring war VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 77 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 79 -- -- PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ere ere ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 siege siege NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obl _ _ 83 of of ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 84 Troy Troy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 82 nmod _ _ 85 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 82 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ere** | past | | | | forest | before the birth | in the deserts of the north Elk and bison | tree rules | | 2 | **pile** | past · passive | | the Pyramids | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Moses's banks | | | the sea | | with roses; to nor'lands; red *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **stalk** | participle | | bison *not said here* | | | | like shadows | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | the tawny tribes | Deeds of death and deeds | | | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **dare** | gerund | deeds *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | past · passive | | Moses's leafy banks | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **love** | past | Women | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **go** | past | men | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **war** | gerund | men *not said here* | | | | ere the siege of Troy | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **begin** | participle | | the siege of Troy *not said here* | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/8/) - ↑ back to [The Mississippi.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/4/)