--- title: She flew in the air, and her wail--we could hear it, As she upward r… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: She flew in the air, and her wail--we could hear it, As she upward rose to the shining stars; And we heard on the river, as we stood near it, The falling drops of Wiwâstè's tears." Who acts: pathway, wail, we. 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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 (pathway, wail, we), 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:pg8122:8:41 # text = She flew in the air, and her wail--we could hear it, As she upward rose to the shining stars; And we heard on the river, as we stood near it, The falling drops of Wiwâstè's tears." 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 wail wail NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 As as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 upward upward ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 amod _ _ 23 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 near near ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 amod _ _ 40 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | pathway | | | the air | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in air=Location | | 2 | **hear** | could | pathway's wail | air | | | | we *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **rise** | past | pathway | | | the shining stars | | upward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to star=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | past | we | | | the river | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **stand** | past | we | the falling drops of Wiwâstè's tears | | wail | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near it=Location | | 7 | **fall** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **wail** | | pathway | | | | | | nom wail «communication intransitive»: 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/42/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/)