--- title: On the islands and murmuring strands they danced to the god of the w… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: On the islands and murmuring strands they danced to the god of the waters, Unktéhee, [69] who dwelt in the caves deep under the flood of the Ha-Ha; [76] And high o'er the eddies and waves hung their offerings of fur and tobacco. Who acts: strands, Unktéhee, Ha Ha. 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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 (strands, Unktéhee, Ha 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:pg8122:9:81 # text = On the islands and murmuring strands they danced to the god of the waters, Unktéhee, [69] who dwelt in the caves deep under the flood of the Ha-Ha; [76] And high o'er the eddies and waves hung their offerings of fur and tobacco. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 murmuring murmur VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 strands strand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Unktéhee Unktéhee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 69 69 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 caves cave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 27 under under ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 Ha Ha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Ha Ha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 76 76 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 39 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 advcl _ _ 41 o'er o'er ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 eddies eddy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 46 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 tobacco tobacco NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **murmur** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **dance** | past | strands *= strand* | 76 | | the islands and murmuring strands | | to the god of the waters | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location | | 3 | **dwell** | past | Unktéhee | | | the caves | | who *nsubj*; deep *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location | | 4 | **hang** | past | strands *= strand* *not said here* | strands's offerings of fur and tobacco | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | | 5 | **flood** | | the Ha Ha | | | | | | nom flood «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **offer** | | strands *= strand* | fur and tobacco | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/82/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/)