--- title: I heard the voice of the Water-Fairy; [28] I saw her form in the moo… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: I heard the voice of the Water-Fairy; [28] I saw her form in the moon-lit mist, As she sat on a stone with her burden weary, By the foaming eddies of amethyst. Who acts: I, foaming, Fairy. 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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 (I, foaming, Fairy), 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:pg8122:7:53 # text = I heard the voice of the Water-Fairy; [28] I saw her form in the moon-lit mist, As she sat on a stone with her burden weary, By the foaming eddies of amethyst. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 28 28 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 As as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 By by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 foaming foaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 eddies eddy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 amethyst amethyst NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | I | the voice of the Water Fairy | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | I | 28 | | the lit mist | | Fairy's form *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus | | 3 | **lit** | participle | | | | | | moon *compound* | tree rules | | 4 | **sit** | past | foaming | | | a stone | | with foaming's burden; the foaming eddies of amethyst *conj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stone=Location | | 5 | **form** | | Fairy | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **burden** | | foaming | | | | | | nom burden «cognition 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/54/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)