--- title: Fair was the chief as the morning-star; His eyes were mild and his w… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Fair was the chief as the morning-star; His eyes were mild and his words were low, But his heart was stouter than lance or bow; And her young heart flew to her love afar O'er his trail long covered with drifted snow. Who acts: Fair, eyes, words, heart. 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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 (Fair, eyes, words, heart), 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:pg8122:7:40 # text = Fair was the chief as the morning-star; His eyes were mild and his words were low, But his heart was stouter than lance or bow; And her young heart flew to her love afar O'er his trail long covered with drifted snow. 1 Fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 But but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 stouter stout ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 conj _ _ 26 than than ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 afar afar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 40 O'er o'er ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 44 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 drifted drift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 amod _ _ 47 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Fair | the chief | | | | as the morning star | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | heart's eyes | | | | | mild *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | heart's words | | | | | low *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | heart's heart | | | | | than lance or bow; stout *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fly** | past | Wiwâstè's young heart | | | | | to Wiwâstè's love *result*; afar *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to love=Result | | 6 | **cover** | participle | Wiwâstè's young heart *not said here* | | | | | with drifted snow; long *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with snow=Theme | | 7 | **drift** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **word** | | heart | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **love** | | Wiwâstè | | | | | | nom love «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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/41/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)