--- title: "She has followed the years that are gone," he said; "The spirits th… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: "She has followed the years that are gone," he said; "The spirits the words of the witch fulfill; For I saw the ghost of my father dead, By the moon's dim light on the misty hill. Who acts: years, breast, spirits, moon. 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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 (years, breast, spirits, moon), 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:pg8122:8:44 # text = "She has followed the years that are gone," he said; "The spirits the words of the witch fulfill; For I saw the ghost of my father dead, By the moon's dim light on the misty hill. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 23 fulfill fulfill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 For for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 By by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 misty misty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | visage | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the years | | | | | that *nsubj*; gone *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | breast | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fulfill** *in a quote* | infinitive | the spirits | | | | | of the witch; the words *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | past | breast | the ghost of my father | | | | by the moon's dim light on the misty hill | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ghost=Stimulus | | 6 | **ghost** *in a quote* | | | my father | | | | | nom ghost «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **light** *in a quote* | | the moon | | | the misty hill | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent on=place | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/45/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/)