--- title: She heard not the wild winds shrill and moan; She heard not the tall… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: She heard not the wild winds shrill and moan; She heard not the tall elms toss and groan; Her face was lit like the harvest moon; For her thoughts flew far to her heart's desire. Who acts: Wiwâstè, wild winds, tall elms, thoughts. 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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, wild winds, tall elms, thoughts), 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:pg8122:7:37 # text = She heard not the wild winds shrill and moan; She heard not the tall elms toss and groan; Her face was lit like the harvest moon; For her thoughts flew far to her heart's desire. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 shrill shrill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 moan moan VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 elms elm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 toss toss VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 groan groan VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 For for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | past | Wiwâstè | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **shrill** | present | the wild winds | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **moan** | present | the wild winds *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **hear** | past | Wiwâstè | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **toss** | present | the tall elms | | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **groan** | present | the tall elms *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lit** | past · passive | | Wiwâstè's face | | | | like the harvest moon | tree rules | | 8 | **fly** | past | Wiwâstè's thoughts | | | | | to Wiwâstè's heart's desire *result*; far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to desire=Result | | 9 | **think** | | Wiwâstè | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **desire** | | Wiwâstè's heart | | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/38/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)