--- title: Ah, little he thought of the leagues of snow He trode on the trail o… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Ah, little he thought of the leagues of snow He trode on the trail of the buffalo; And little he recked of the hurricanes That swept the snow from the frozen plains And piled the banks of the Bloody River. Who acts: star, That. 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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 (star, That), 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:pg8122:7:127 # text = Ah, little he thought of the leagues of snow He trode on the trail of the buffalo; And little he recked of the hurricanes That swept the snow from the frozen plains And piled the banks of the Bloody River. 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 trode trode VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 little little VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 recked reck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 xcomp _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hurricanes hurricane NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 28 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 plains plain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 piled pile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Bloody Bloody PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | star | | | | | of the leagues of snow; little *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **trode** | past | star | snow *not said here* | | the trail of the buffalo | | | tree rules | | 3 | **little** | past | star *not said here* | star | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **reck** | participle | star *not said here* | | | | | of the hurricanes | tree rules | | 5 | **sweep** | past | That | the snow | | the frozen plains | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent snow=Theme from plain=Trajectory | | 6 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **pile** | past | That *not said here* | the banks of the Bloody River | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme bank=Destination | 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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/128/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)