--- title: Proudly she turned from the silent brave, And went her way; but the… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Proudly she turned from the silent brave, And went her way; but the warrior's eyes-- They flashed with the flame of a sudden fire, Like the lights that gleam in the Sacred Cave, [38] When the black night covers the autumn skies, And the stars from their welkin watch retire. 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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 (fox, leaves, lights, black night), 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:pg8122:7:123 # text = Proudly she turned from the silent brave, And went her way; but the warrior's eyes-- They flashed with the flame of a sudden fire, Like the lights that gleam in the Sacred Cave, [38] When the black night covers the autumn skies, And the stars from their welkin watch retire. 1 Proudly proudly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 flashed flash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 Like like ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 gleam gleam VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 Sacred Sacred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 Cave Cave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 38 38 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 41 punct _ _ 43 When when SCONJ WRB _ 47 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 covers cover VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 52 And and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nsubj _ _ 55 from from ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 57 welkin welkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 59 retire retire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | fox | the warrior's eyes | | | | brave, proudly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | fox *not said here* | fox's way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 3 | **flash** | past | leaves *= leaf* | 38 | | | | with the flame of a sudden fire; like the lights | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with flame=Theme | | 4 | **gleam** | present | the lights | | | the Sacred Cave | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location | | 5 | **cover** | present | the black night | the autumn skies | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sky=Destination | | 6 | **retire** | infinitive | the stars from leaves's welkin watch | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **flame** | | a sudden fire | | | | | | nom flame «process intransitive»: of=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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/124/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)