--- title: Brown-bosomed she sat on her fox-robe dark, Her ear to the tales of… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Brown-bosomed she sat on her fox-robe dark, Her ear to the tales of the brave inclined, Or tripped from the tee like the song of a lark, And gathered her hair from the wanton wind. Who acts: Wiwâstè, lark. 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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 (Wiwâstè, lark), 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:pg8122:7:126 # text = Brown-bosomed she sat on her fox-robe dark, Her ear to the tales of the brave inclined, Or tripped from the tee like the song of a lark, And gathered her hair from the wanton wind. 1 Brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 bosomed bosom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 8 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 nmod _ _ 21 inclined incline VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 Or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 tripped trip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tee tee NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 lark lark NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 wanton wanton NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bosom** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | past | Wiwâstè | | | Wiwâstè's fox robe and Wiwâstè's ear | | to the tales of the brave | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on robe=Location | | 3 | **incline** | participle | Wiwâstè *not said here* | | | | | | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **trip** | past | | | | the tee like the song of a lark | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tee=Trajectory | | 5 | **gather** | past | | Wiwâstè's hair | | the wanton wind | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hair=Theme from wind=Source | | 6 | **sing** | | a lark | | | | | | nom song «communication 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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/127/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)