--- title: Thy mother looks from her lodge above,-- Her fair face shines in the… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Thy mother looks from her lodge above,-- Her fair face shines in the sky afar, And the eyes of thy sisters are bright with love, As they peep from the tee of the mother-star. Who acts: mother, eyes. 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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 (mother, eyes), 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:pg8122:7:56 # text = Thy mother looks from her lodge above,-- Her fair face shines in the sky afar, And the eyes of thy sisters are bright with love, As they peep from the tee of the mother-star. 1 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 above above ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 11 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 shines shine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 afar afar NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 As as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 peep peep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tee tee NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | Thy mother | | | | | from mother's lodge; mother's fair face shines in the sky afar *conj*; above *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from lodge=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the eyes of thy sisters | | | | | with love; bright *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **peep** | present | eyes *= eye* | | | | | from the tee of the mother star | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from tee=Theme | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/57/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)