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title: For the robin cherups his mate to please, The blue bird pipes in the… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: For the robin cherups his mate to please, The blue bird pipes in the poplar trees, The meadow lark warbles his jubilees, Shrilling his song in the azure seas, Till the welkin throbs to his melodies; And low is the hum of the humble bees, And the Feast of the Virgins is now to be. Who acts: robin, me
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# Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 151

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For the robin cherups his mate to please, The blue bird pipes in the poplar trees, The meadow lark warbles his jubilees, Shrilling his song in the azure seas, Till the welkin throbs to his melodies; And low is the hum of the humble bees, And the Feast of the Virgins is now to be.

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**Who acts:** robin, meadow lark, welkin · **What happens:** cherup, warble, shrill, throb, be, sing · **To what, where:** mate, poplar trees, jubilees, song, azure seas, hum

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (robin, meadow lark, welkin), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:7:151
# text = For the robin cherups his mate to please, The blue bird pipes in the poplar trees, The meadow lark warbles his jubilees, Shrilling his song in the azure seas, Till the welkin throbs to his melodies; And low is the hum of the humble bees, And the Feast of the Virgins is now to be.
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	robin	robin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cherups	cherup	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	poplar	poplar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	warbles	warble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	jubilees	jubilee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	Shrilling	shrill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	azure	azure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	welkin	welkin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
37	throbs	throb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	melodies	melody	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
42	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
43	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	46	advmod	_	_
44	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	hum	hum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	humble	humble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	Feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	conj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	Virgins	Virgin	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	54	nmod	_	_
58	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	61	cop	_	_
59	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	61	advmod	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cherup** | present | the robin | robin's mate |  | the poplar trees |  | the blue bird pipes *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **warble** | present | the meadow lark | robin's jubilees |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent jubilee=Theme |
| 3 | **shrill** | gerund | the meadow lark *not said here* | robin's song |  | the azure seas |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
| 4 | **throb** | present | the welkin |  |  |  |  | to robin's melodies | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | the hum and the Feast of the Virgins |  |  |  | of the humble bees; the Feast of the Virgins *conj*; low *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **sing** |  | robin |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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