--- title: Brown-bosomed and fair as the rising moon, When she peeps o'er the h… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Brown-bosomed and fair as the rising moon, When she peeps o'er the hills of the dewy east, Wiwâstè sings at the Virgins Feast; And bright is the light in her luminous eyes; They glow like the stars in the winter skies; And the lilies that bloom in her virgin heart Their golden blush to her cheeks im --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/9/) [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/) / 9 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 1, sentence 9 Brown-bosomed and fair as the rising moon, When she peeps o'er the hills of the dewy east, Wiwâstè sings at the Virgins Feast; And bright is the light in her luminous eyes; They glow like the stars in the winter skies; And the lilies that bloom in her virgin heart Their golden blush to her cheeks impart-- Her cheeks half hid in her midnight hair. **Who acts:** rose, Wiwâstè, feet, lilies, cheeks · **What happens:** bosom, rise, peep, sing, be, glow · **To what, where:** Virgins Feast, bright light, luminous eyes, winter skies, golden blush, virgin heart 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 (rose, Wiwâstè, feet, lilies), 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:pg8122:8:9 # text = Brown-bosomed and fair as the rising moon, When she peeps o'er the hills of the dewy east, Wiwâstè sings at the Virgins Feast; And bright is the light in her luminous eyes; They glow like the stars in the winter skies; And the lilies that bloom in her virgin heart Their golden blush to her cheeks impart-- Her cheeks half hid in her midnight hair. 1 Brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 bosomed bosom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 amod _ _ 9 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 When when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 peeps peep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 o'er o'er ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 dewy dewy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 Virgins Virgins PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 Feast Feast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 luminous luminous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 glow glow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 49 And and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 bloom bloom VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 virgin virgin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 58 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 blush blush NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 61 to to SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 64 impart impart VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 -- -- PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 68 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 69 advmod _ _ 69 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 72 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 compound _ _ 73 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bosom** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **peep** | present | rose | | | | | o'er the hills of the dewy east | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Wiwâstè | | | the Virgins Feast | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at feast=Location | | 5 | **is a** | present | | the bright light | | rose's luminous eyes | | | tree rules | | 6 | **glow** | present | feet *= foot* | | | the winter skies | | like the stars | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location | | 7 | **bloom** | present | the lilies | feet's golden blush | | rose's virgin heart | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location blush=Theme | | 8 | **impart** | present | rose's cheeks | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **hide** | past | the lilies | | | rose's midnight hair | | rose's cheeks *nsubj*; half *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hair=Location | | 11 | **blush** | | feet *= foot* | | | | | | nom blush «state 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/10/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/)