--- title: Mild was his face as the morning skies, And friendship shone in his… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Mild was his face as the morning skies, And friendship shone in his laughing eyes; But swift were his feet o'er the drifted snow On the trail of the elk or the buffalo; And his heart was stouter than lance or bow, When he heard the whoop of his enemies. Who acts: Mild, 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 (Mild, 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:pg8122:7:95 # text = Mild was his face as the morning skies, And friendship shone in his laughing eyes; But swift were his feet o'er the drifted snow On the trail of the elk or the buffalo; And his heart was stouter than lance or bow, When he heard the whoop of his enemies. 1 Mild mild NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 12 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 16 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 But but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 swift swift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 o'er o'er ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 drifted drift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 On on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 elk elk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 stouter stout ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 parataxis _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 whoop whoop NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Mild | fawn's face and friendship | | | | as the morning skies; fawn *nmod:poss*; friendship *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **shine** | participle | | friendship *not said here* | | fawn's laughing eyes | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in eye=Location | | 3 | **laugh** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **swift** | past | | | | the trail of the elk or the buffalo | | o'er the drifted snow | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | | fawn's feet | | | | fawn *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **drift** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | fawn's heart | | | | | than lance or bow; stout *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **hear** | past | heart | the whoop of fawn's enemies | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer whoop=Stimulus | | 9 | **whoop** | | | fawn's enemies | | | | | nom whoop «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/96/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)