--- title: And here where the dark river breaks into spray and the roar of the… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: And here where the dark river breaks into spray and the roar of the Ha-Ha, [76] Were gathered the bison-skin tees of the chief tawny tribe of Dakotas; For here, in the blast and the breeze, flew the flag of the chief of Isantees, [86] Up-raised on the stem of a lance --the feathery flag of the eagle --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/79/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/) / 79 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 79 And here where the dark river breaks into spray and the roar of the Ha-Ha, \[76\] Were gathered the bison-skin tees of the chief tawny tribe of Dakotas; For here, in the blast and the breeze, flew the flag of the chief of Isantees, \[86\] Up-raised on the stem of a lance --the feathery flag of the eagle. **Who acts:** dark river, Were, Ha · **What happens:** break, gather, fly, raise, roar, stem · **To what, where:** spray, 76, flag, stem, lance 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 (dark river, Were, Ha), 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:pg8122:9:79 # text = And here where the dark river breaks into spray and the roar of the Ha-Ha, [76] Were gathered the bison-skin tees of the chief tawny tribe of Dakotas; For here, in the blast and the breeze, flew the flag of the chief of Isantees, [86] Up-raised on the stem of a lance --the feathery flag of the eagle. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 spray spray NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Ha Ha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Ha Ha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 76 76 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ _ 22 Were Were PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 bison bison NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 tees tee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 tawny tawny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Dakotas Dakotas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 For for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 blast blast NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Isantees Isantees PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 86 86 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 57 punct _ _ 59 Up Up PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 acl _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 68 -- -- PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 feathery feathery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 conj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present | the dark river | | | here | | into spray and the roar of the Ha and Ha *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into spray=Result | | 2 | **gather** | past | Were | 76 | | | | the skin tees of the chief tawny tribe of Dakotas *obj* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tee=Theme | | 3 | **fly** | past | the dark river *not said here* | the flag of the chief of Isantees | | | | 86 Up *obl* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location flag=Theme | | 4 | **raise** | participle | | | | the stem of a lance and the feathery flag of the eagle | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on stem=Destination | | 5 | **roar** | | the Ha and Ha | | | | | | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **stem** | | | a lance and the feathery flag of the eagle | | | | | nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/80/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/)