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title: _When the meadow-lark trilled o'er the leas and the oriole piped in… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: _When the meadow-lark trilled o'er the leas and the oriole piped in the maples, From my hammock, all under the trees, by the sweet scented field of red-clover, I harked to the hum of the bees, as they gathered the mead of the blossoms, And caught from their low melodies the rhythm of the song of Win
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 73

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\_When the meadow-lark trilled o'er the leas and the oriole piped in the maples, From my hammock, all under the trees, by the sweet scented field of red-clover, I harked to the hum of the bees, as they gathered the mead of the blossoms, And caught from their low melodies the rhythm of the song of Winona\_.

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**Who acts:** sweet scented field, I, bees, Winona · **What happens:** trill, pipe, scent, hark, gather, catch · **To what, where:** \_, hammock, leas, maples, mead, rhythm

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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 (sweet scented field, I, bees, Winona), 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:pg8122:9:73
# text = _When the meadow-lark trilled o'er the leas and the oriole piped in the maples, From my hammock, all under the trees, by the sweet scented field of red-clover, I harked to the hum of the bees, as they gathered the mead of the blossoms, And caught from their low melodies the rhythm of the song of Winona_.
1	_	_	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	trilled	trill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	o'er	o'er	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	leas	lea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	oriole	oriole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	piped	pipe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	maples	maple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	From	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	hammock	hammock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	appos	_	_
24	under	under	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
31	scented	scent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	amod	_	_
32	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	clover	clover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	harked	hark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	hum	hum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
48	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	conj	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	mead	mead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	blossoms	blossom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	parataxis	_	_
58	from	from	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
60	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	melodies	melody	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obl	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	_
67	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	Winona	Winona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trill** | participle · passive | the sweet scented field of red clover | \_ |  | my hammock |  | o'er the leas and the oriole; the meadow lark *nsubj* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **pipe** | participle |  | the leas and the oriole *not said here* |  | the maples |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in maple=Location |
| 3 | **scent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hark** | past | I |  |  |  |  | to the hum of the bees | tree rules |
| 5 | **gather** | past | bees *= bee* | the mead of the blossoms |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mead=Theme |
| 6 | **catch** | past |  | the rhythm of the song of Winona |  | bees's low melodies |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rhythm=Theme from melody=Source |
| 7 | **hum** |  | the bees |  |  |  |  |  | nom hum «state intransitive»: of=agent |
| 8 | **sing** |  | Winona |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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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