--- title: Wiwâstè, wrapped in her robe and sleep Heard not the storm-sprites w… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Wiwâstè, wrapped in her robe and sleep Heard not the storm-sprites wail and weep, As they rode on the winds in the frosty air; But she heard the voice of her hunter fair; For a shadowy spirit with fairy fingers The curtains drew from the land of dreams; And lo in her teepee her lover lingers; The li --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/68/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the Northwest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/) / [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/) / 68 # Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 68 Wiwâstè, wrapped in her robe and sleep Heard not the storm-sprites wail and weep, As they rode on the winds in the frosty air; But she heard the voice of her hunter fair; For a shadowy spirit with fairy fingers The curtains drew from the land of dreams; And lo in her teepee her lover lingers; The light of love in his dark eye beams, And his voice is the music of mountain streams. **Who acts:** storm sprites, robes, Wiwâstè, curtains, lover, voice · **What happens:** wrap, not wail, weep, rode, hear, draw · **To what, where:** Wiwâstè, robe, winds, voice, fairy fingers, land This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (storm sprites, robes, Wiwâstè, curtains), 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:pg8122:7:68 # text = Wiwâstè, wrapped in her robe and sleep Heard not the storm-sprites wail and weep, As they rode on the winds in the frosty air; But she heard the voice of her hunter fair; For a shadowy spirit with fairy fingers The curtains drew from the land of dreams; And lo in her teepee her lover lingers; The light of love in his dark eye beams, And his voice is the music of mountain streams. 1 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 4 in in 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 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 Heard Heard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 sprites sprite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wail wail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 weep weep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 As as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 rode rode VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 frosty frosty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 But but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 For for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 shadowy shadowy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 49 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 56 And and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 57 lo lo INTJ UH _ 63 discourse _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 teepee teepee NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 61 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 63 lingers linger VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 65 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 70 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 71 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 72 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 compound _ _ 73 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 75 And and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 76 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 78 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 80 cop _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 81 of of ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 compound _ _ 83 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrap** | participle | | Wiwâstè *not said here* | | Wiwâstè's robe and sleep | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in robe=Destination | | 2 | **not** **wail** | present | the storm sprites | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **weep** | present | the storm sprites *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rode** | present | robes *= robe* | | | the winds in the frosty air | | | tree rules | | 5 | **hear** | past | Wiwâstè | the voice of Wiwâstè's hunter | | | | for a shadowy spirit with fairy fingers; sprite *nsubj*; fair *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 6 | **draw** | past | the curtains | fairy fingers *not said here* | | the land of dreams | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent finger=Theme from land=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **linger** | present | Wiwâstè's lover | the light of love | | lover's dark eye beams | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | present | lover's voice | the music | | | | of mountain streams | tree rules | | 9 | **light** | | | love | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **beam** | | lover | | | | | | nom beam «communication 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/69/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)