--- title: The bow he bent was a giant's bow; The swift red elk could he overta… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The bow he bent was a giant's bow; The swift red elk could he overtake, And the necklace that girdled his brawny neck Was the polished claws of the great Mató [14] He grappled and slew in the northern snow. Who acts: Cloud, bow, swift red elk, necklace. A sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Ha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/6/32/) [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 Game of Ball. \[2\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/6/) / 32 # Legends of the Northwest, The Game of Ball. \[2\], sentence 32 The bow he bent was a giant's bow; The swift red elk could he overtake, And the necklace that girdled his brawny neck Was the polished claws of the great Mató \[14\] He grappled and slew in the northern snow. **Who acts:** Cloud, bow, swift red elk, necklace · **What happens:** bend, be, overtake, girdle, polish, grapple · **To what, where:** bow, brawny neck, necklace, northern snow 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 (Cloud, bow, swift red elk, necklace), 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:pg8122:6:32 # text = The bow he bent was a giant's bow; The swift red elk could he overtake, And the necklace that girdled his brawny neck Was the polished claws of the great Mató [14] He grappled and slew in the northern snow. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 elk elk NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 overtake overtake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 necklace necklace NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 girdled girdle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 brawny brawny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 30 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 Mató Mató PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 38 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 grappled grapple VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | past | Cloud | the bow *not said here* | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent bow=Material | | 2 | **is a** | past | the bow | a giant's bow | | | | a giant *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 3 | **overtake** | could | the swift red elk | | | | | Cloud *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **girdle** | past | the necklace | Cloud's brawny neck | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **polish** | past · passive | | the necklace | | | | claws of the great Mató *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **grapple** | past | Cloud | | | | | | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **slay** | past | Cloud *not said here* | | | the northern snow | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/6/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/6/33/) - ↑ back to [The Game of Ball. \[2\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/6/)