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title: And now with the gifts for the bridal day And his chosen warriors he… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: And now with the gifts for the bridal day And his chosen warriors he took his way, And followed his heart to his moon-faced maid, And thus was the lover so long delayed; And so as he rode with his warriors gay, On that bright and beautiful summer day, His bride he met on the trail mid-way, By the ha
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 46

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And now with the gifts for the bridal day And his chosen warriors he took his way, And followed his heart to his moon-faced maid, And thus was the lover so long delayed; And so as he rode with his warriors gay, On that bright and beautiful summer day, His bride he met on the trail mid-way, By the haunts of the treacherous Chippeway.

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**Who acts:** Chaskè · **What happens:** choose, take, follow, be, ride, meet · **To what, where:** way, heart, lover, bride, trail mid-way

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Chaskè), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:9:46
# text = And now with the gifts for the bridal day And his chosen warriors he took his way, And followed his heart to his moon-faced maid, And thus was the lover so long delayed; And so as he rode with his warriors gay, On that bright and beautiful summer day, His bride he met on the trail mid-way, By the haunts of the treacherous Chippeway.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	43	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
25	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	faced	faced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
31	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	parataxis	_	_
35	so	so	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	37	advmod	_	_
37	delayed	delayed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
40	so	so	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
41	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
47	gay	gay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
49	On	on	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
50	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	55	nsubj	_	_
51	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
54	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	appos	_	_
59	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
60	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	acl:relcl	_	_
61	on	on	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	mid-way	mid-way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
66	By	by	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	haunts	haunt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
71	treacherous	treacherous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	_
72	Chippeway	Chippeway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	43	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | past | Chaskè | Chaskè's way |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
| 3 | **follow** | past | Chaskè *not said here* | Chaskè's heart |  |  |  | to Chaskè's faced maid | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent heart=Theme to maid=Trajectory |
| 4 | **is a** | past |  | the lover |  |  |  | thus *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **ride** | past | Chaskè |  |  |  | now; day | with Chaskè's warriors; by the haunts of the treacherous Chippeway; gay *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **meet** | past | Chaskè | Chaskè's bride *not said here* |  | the trail mid-way |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Co-Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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