--- title: She clutched her hair in her clenched hand: She stood like statue br… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: She clutched her hair in her clenched hand: She stood like statue bronzed and grand: Wakân-deè [39] flashed in her fiery eyes; Then, swift as the meteor cleaves the skies-- Nay, swift as the fiery Wakinyan's dart, [32] She snatch the knife from the warriors belt, And plunged it clean to the polished --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/31/) [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/) / [The Feast of the Virgins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/) / 31 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 1, sentence 31 She clutched her hair in her clenched hand: She stood like statue bronzed and grand: Wakân-deè \[39\] flashed in her fiery eyes; Then, swift as the meteor cleaves the skies-- Nay, swift as the fiery Wakinyan's dart, \[32\] She snatch the knife from the warriors belt, And plunged it clean to the polished hilt-- With deadly cry--in the villain's heart. **Who acts:** Wiwâstè, meteor, 32 · **What happens:** clutch, clench, stand, bronze, flash, swift · **To what, where:** hair, clenched hand, Wakân deè, fiery eyes, swift, skies This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wiwâstè, meteor, 32), 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:pg8122:8:31 # text = She clutched her hair in her clenched hand: She stood like statue bronzed and grand: Wakân-deè [39] flashed in her fiery eyes; Then, swift as the meteor cleaves the skies-- Nay, swift as the fiery Wakinyan's dart, [32] She snatch the knife from the warriors belt, And plunged it clean to the polished hilt-- With deadly cry--in the villain's heart. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 clutched clutch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 clenched clench VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 bronzed bronze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 Wakân Wakân PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 deè deè NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 21 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 39 39 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ _ 24 flashed flash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 swift swift VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 meteor meteor NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 cleaves cleave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 Wakinyan Wakinyan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 's 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 dart dart NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 32 32 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 54 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 51 punct _ _ 53 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 snatch snatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 parataxis _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 from from ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 compound _ _ 60 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 And and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 plunged plunge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 xcomp _ _ 66 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 polished polish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 amod _ _ 69 hilt hilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 -- -- PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 With with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 -- -- PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 villain villain NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 78 's 's PART POS _ 77 case _ _ 79 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clutch** | past | Wiwâstè | Wiwâstè's hair | | Wiwâstè's clenched hand | | | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | | 2 | **clench** | participle | | | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stand** | past | Wiwâstè | Wakân deè 39 | | | | like statue | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **bronze** | participle | Wiwâstè *not said here* | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **flash** | participle | | | | Wiwâstè's fiery eyes | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in eye=Location | | 6 | **swift** | infinitive | | swift as the fiery Wakinyan's dart | | | then | | tree rules | | 7 | **cleave** | present | the meteor | the skies | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Patient | | 8 | **snatch** | infinitive | 32 | the knife | | the warriors belt | | Wiwâstè *nsubj* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent knife=Theme from belt=Source | | 9 | **plunge** | past | Wiwâstè *not said here* | knife | | | | to the polished hilt and deadly cry *result*; the villain's heart *parataxis*; clean *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient it=Extent to hilt=Result | | 10 | **polish** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/32/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/)