--- title: See the smile on the face of the watching moon; No more will the fat… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: See the smile on the face of the watching moon; No more will the fatal red arrows fly; For the singing shafts of my warriors sped To the bad spirit's bosom and laid him dead, And his blood on the snow of the North lies red. Who acts: you, fatal red arrows, singing shafts, blood. 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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 (you, fatal red arrows, singing shafts, blood), 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:pg8122:7:63 # text = See the smile on the face of the watching moon; No more will the fatal red arrows fly; For the singing shafts of my warriors sped To the bad spirit's bosom and laid him dead, And his blood on the snow of the North lies red. 1 See see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 obl _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 For for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 amod _ _ 24 shafts shaft NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 sped speed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 29 To to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 50 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | the smile | | the face of the watching moon | | no more *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smile=Stimulus | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fly** | future | the fatal red arrows | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **speed** | past | the singing shafts of my warriors | | | the bad spirit's bosom | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bosom=Destination | | 6 | **lay** | past | the singing shafts of my warriors *not said here* | Micúnksee | | | | dead *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 7 | **lie** | present | Micúnksee's blood on the snow of the North | | | | | red *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bosom** | | the bad spirit | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **snow** | | the North | | | | | | nom snow «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/64/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)