--- title: Not a tear she shed, not a word she said, When the fair young chief… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Not a tear she shed, not a word she said, When the fair young chief from the lodge departed; But she sat on the mound when the day was dead, And gazed at the full moon mellow hearted. Who acts: tear, Wiwâstè, day. 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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 (tear, Wiwâstè, day), 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:pg8122:7:39 # text = Not a tear she shed, not a word she said, When the fair young chief from the lodge departed; But she sat on the mound when the day was dead, And gazed at the full moon mellow hearted. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tear tear NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 shed shed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 But but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 mellow mellow ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 hearted heart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shed** | past | a tear | a word | | | | Wiwâstè *nsubj* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location word=Source | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wiwâstè | a word *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 3 | **depart** | participle | | the lodge *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sit** | past | Wiwâstè | | | the mound | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on mound=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | the day | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **gaze** | past | Wiwâstè *not said here* | | | | | at the full moon | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at moon=Theme | | 7 | **heart** | past | Wiwâstè *not said here* | | | | | mellow *property* | tree rules | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/40/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)