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title: On the solid ice of the silent river The bounds are marked, and a sp… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: On the solid ice of the silent river The bounds are marked, and a splendid prize, A robe of black fox lined with beaver-- Is hung in view of the eager eyes; And fifty merry Dakota maidens, The fairest moulded of woman kind, Are gathered in groups on the level ice. Who acts: silent river. A sentence 
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Game of Ball. \[2\], sentence 3

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On the solid ice of the silent river The bounds are marked, and a splendid prize, A robe of black fox lined with beaver-- Is hung in view of the eager eyes; And fifty merry Dakota maidens, The fairest moulded of woman kind, Are gathered in groups on the level ice.

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**Who acts:** silent river · **What happens:** mark, line, hang, mould, gather, view · **To what, where:** bounds, black fox, fifty merry Dakota maidens, solid ice, groups, eager eyes

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Game of Ball. \[2\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (silent river), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:6:3
# text = On the solid ice of the silent river The bounds are marked, and a splendid prize, A robe of black fox lined with beaver-- Is hung in view of the eager eyes; And fifty merry Dakota maidens, The fairest moulded of woman kind, Are gathered in groups on the level ice.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bounds	bound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	lined	line	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	beaver	beaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
28	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
37	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
38	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	41	nummod	_	_
39	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
40	Dakota	Dakota	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	41	appos	_	_
45	moulded	mould	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	acl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
48	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux:pass	_	_
51	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	conj	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	_
54	on	on	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	_
57	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	29	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present · passive | the silent river *not said here* | the bounds |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **line** | participle |  | black fox *not said here* |  |  |  | with beaver | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with beaver=Theme |
| 3 | **hang** | present · passive |  | fifty merry Dakota maidens |  | the solid ice of the silent river and a splendid prize |  | in view of the eager eyes | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: on ice=Location |
| 4 | **mould** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | of woman kind | tree rules |
| 5 | **gather** | present · passive |  |  |  | groups |  | on the level ice | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V» |
| 6 | **view** |  |  | the eager eyes |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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