--- title: Sweet are the lips of his love to the lover,-- Sweet as new wine in… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Sweet are the lips of his love to the lover,-- Sweet as new wine in a golden chalice, From the Tajo's [44] slopes or the hills beyond; And blindly he sips from his loved one's lips, In lodge or palace the wide world over, The maddening honey of Trebizond. Who acts: lover. 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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 (lover), 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:pg8122:7:135 # text = Sweet are the lips of his love to the lover,-- Sweet as new wine in a golden chalice, From the Tajo's [44] slopes or the hills beyond; And blindly he sips from his loved one's lips, In lodge or palace the wide world over, The maddening honey of Trebizond. 1 Sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 chalice chalice NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 From from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Tajo Tajo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 44 44 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ _ 29 slopes slope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 33 beyond beyond ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 blindly blindly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 sips sip VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 In in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 53 over over ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 maddening madden VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 amod _ _ 57 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Trebizond Trebizond PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the Sweet lips | | | | of lover's love to the lover | tree rules | | 2 | **sip** | present | lover | | | | | in lodge the wide world or palace; from lover's loved one's lips; the maddening honey of Trebizond *conj*; blindly, over *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent from lip=Patient | | 3 | **love** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **madden** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **love** | | lover | | | | | to the lover | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | 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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/136/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)