--- title: For the Virgins the bloom of the prairies wide-- The blushing pink a… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: For the Virgins the bloom of the prairies wide-- The blushing pink and the meek blue-bell, The purple plumes of the prairie's pride, [49] The wild, uncultured asphodel, And the beautiful, blue-eyed violet That the Virgins call "Let-me-not-forget," In gay festoons and garlands twine With the cedar sp --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/5/) [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/) / 5 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 1, sentence 5 For the Virgins the bloom of the prairies wide-- The blushing pink and the meek blue-bell, The purple plumes of the prairie's pride, \[49\] The wild, uncultured asphodel, And the beautiful, blue-eyed violet That the Virgins call "Let-me-not-forget," In gay festoons and garlands twine With the cedar sprigs \[50\] and the wildwood vine. **Who acts:** That, me, gay festoons, prairies, prairie · **What happens:** violet, call, let, not forget, twine, bloom · **To what, where:** me · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (That, me, gay festoons, prairies), 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:pg8122:8:5 # text = For the Virgins the bloom of the prairies wide-- The blushing pink and the meek blue-bell, The purple plumes of the prairie's pride, [49] The wild, uncultured asphodel, And the beautiful, blue-eyed violet That the Virgins call "Let-me-not-forget," In gay festoons and garlands twine With the cedar sprigs [50] and the wildwood vine. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Virgins Virgin PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bloom bloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prairies prairie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 wide wide ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 blushing blushing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 13 pink pink ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 meek meek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 17 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 plumes plume NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 flat _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 prairie prairie NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 49 49 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 33 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 uncultured uncultured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 asphodel asphodel NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 41 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 violet violet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 47 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Virgins Virgin PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 50 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT `` _ 66 punct _ _ 61 In in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 festoons festoon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 garlands garland NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 conj _ _ 66 twine twine VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 67 With with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 cedar cedar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 sprigs sprig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ _ 71 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 70 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 72 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 wildwood wildwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ _ 77 vine vine NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **violet** | | That | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | for the Virgins and the Virgins | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for virgin=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **forget** *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **twine** | present | gay festoons and garlands | | | | | with the cedar sprigs and the wildwood vine | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bloom** | | the prairies | | | | | | nom bloom «process intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **pride** | | the prairie | | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/6/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/)