--- title: Let the myriad tongues of the earth confess His infinite love and hi… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Let the myriad tongues of the earth confess His infinite love and his holiness; For his pity pities the pitiless, His wayward children his bounties bless, And his mercy flows to the merciless; And the countless worlds in the realms above, Revolve in the light of his boundless love. 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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 (you, myriad tongues, wayward children, mercy), 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:pg8122:9:50 # text = Let the myriad tongues of the earth confess His infinite love and his holiness; For his pity pities the pitiless, His wayward children his bounties bless, And his mercy flows to the merciless; And the countless worlds in the realms above, Revolve in the light of his boundless love. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 myriad myriad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 confess confess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 9 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 infinite infinite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 holiness holiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 For for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 19 pities pity VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 pitiless pitiless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 wayward wayward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 bounties bounty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 bless bless VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 merciless merciless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 countless countless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 worlds world NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 realms realm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 above above ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Revolve revolve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 boundless boundless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the myriad tongues of the earth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **confess** | infinitive | the myriad tongues of the earth *not said here* | Chaskè's infinite love and Chaskè's holiness | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Topic | | 3 | **pity** | present | | the pitiless | | | | for Chaskè's pity | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer pitiless=Stimulus for pity=Attribute | | 4 | **bless** | present | Chaskè's wayward children | | | | | Chaskè's bounties *nsubj* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **flow** | present | Chaskè's mercy | | | | | to the merciless | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **revolve** | present | the countless worlds in the realms | | | the light of Chaskè's boundless love | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in light=Trajectory | | 7 | **love** | | Chaskè | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **pity** | | Chaskè | | | | | | nom pity «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **light** | | | Chaskè's boundless love | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **love** | | Chaskè | | | | | | nom love «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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/51/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/)