--- title: Then lo, as he looked from his lodge afar, He saw the glow of the Ev… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Then lo, as he looked from his lodge afar, He saw the glow of the Evening-star; "And yonder," he said, "is Wiwâstè's face; She looks from her lodge on our fading race. Who acts: wind, Wiwâstè, Evening star, our. 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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 (wind, Wiwâstè, Evening star, our), 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:pg8122:8:48 # text = Then lo, as he looked from his lodge afar, He saw the glow of the Evening-star; "And yonder," he said, "is Wiwâstè's face; She looks from her lodge on our fading race. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 lo lo INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 afar afar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 glow glow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 Evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 fading fading ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | wind | | | wind's lodge afar | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | wind | the glow of the Evening star | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glow=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wind | | | | | yonder *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | Wiwâstè's face | | | | Wiwâstè *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | present | Wiwâstè | | | | | on our fading race; from Wiwâstè's lodge | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from lodge=Theme | | 6 | **glow** | | the Evening star | | | | | | nom glow «state intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **race** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom race «event 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/49/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/)