--- title: Seeing unseen from her hiding place, She sees them fly on the hurrie… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing unseen from her hiding place, She sees them fly on the hurried chase; She sees their fierce eyes glance and dart, As they pass and peer for a track or trace, And she trembles with fear in the copse apart. Who acts: Wiwâstè, hunters, fierce eyes, eyes. 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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 (Wiwâstè, hunters, fierce eyes, eyes), 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:pg8122:9:4 # text = Seeing unseen from her hiding place, She sees them fly on the hurried chase; She sees their fierce eyes glance and dart, As they pass and peer for a track or trace, And she trembles with fear in the copse apart. 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 unseen unseen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 glance glance VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 dart dart VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 As as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 peer peer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 trace trace NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 trembles tremble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 copse copse NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 apart apart ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | Wiwâstè *not said here* | | | Wiwâstè's hiding place | | unseen *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **see** | present | Wiwâstè | hunters *= hunter* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fly** | infinitive | hunters *= hunter* *not said here* | | | the hurried chase | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on chase=Location | | 4 | **hurry** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | present | Wiwâstè | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **glance** | present | hunters's fierce eyes | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **dart** | present | hunters's fierce eyes *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **pass** | present | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **peer** | present | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | | | | | for a track or trace | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **tremble** | present | Wiwâstè | | | the copse | | with fear; apart *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in copse=Location | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/5/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/)