--- title: The night-sun [17] sails in his gold canoe, The spirits [18] walk in… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The night-sun [17] sails in his gold canoe, The spirits [18] walk in the realms of air With their glowing faces and flaming hair, And the shrill, chill winds o'er the prairies blow. Who acts: night sun, spirits, shrill chill winds. 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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 (night sun, spirits, shrill chill winds), 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:pg8122:7:1 # text = The night-sun [17] sails in his gold canoe, The spirits [18] walk in the realms of air With their glowing faces and flaming hair, And the shrill, chill winds o'er the prairies blow. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 17 17 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 8 sails sail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 gold gold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 16 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 18 18 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 19 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 realms realm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 With with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 27 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 csubj _ _ 28 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 flaming flame VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 31 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 shrill shrill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 chill chill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 39 o'er o'er ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 prairies prairie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 blow blow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | present | the night sun | | | sun's gold canoe | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **walk** | infinitive | the spirits | | | the realms of air | | with spirits's flaming hair; 18 *nsubj* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in realm=Trajectory | | 3 | **glow** | gerund | | faces | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent face=Theme | | 4 | **flame** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **blow** | present | the shrill chill winds o'er the prairies | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=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: [The Game of Ball. \[2\], 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/6/34/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/2/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)