--- title: Like the wings of the wind were her feet, and as sure as the feet of… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Like the wings of the wind were her feet, and as sure as the feet of Ta-tó-ka; [b] And oft like an antelope fleet o'er the hills and the prairies she bounded, Lightly laughing in sport as she ran, and looking back over her shoulder, At the fleet footed maiden or man, that vainly her flying steps fol --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/92/) [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/) / 92 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 92 Like the wings of the wind were her feet, and as sure as the feet of Ta-tó-ka; \[b\] And oft like an antelope fleet o'er the hills and the prairies she bounded, Lightly laughing in sport as she ran, and looking back over her shoulder, At the fleet footed maiden or man, that vainly her flying steps followed. **Who acts:** WINONA, fleet, that · **What happens:** be, bound, laugh, run, look back, foot · **To what, where:** feet, antelope fleet, sport 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 (WINONA, fleet, that), 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:pg8122:9:92 # text = Like the wings of the wind were her feet, and as sure as the feet of Ta-tó-ka; [b] And oft like an antelope fleet o'er the hills and the prairies she bounded, Lightly laughing in sport as she ran, and looking back over her shoulder, At the fleet footed maiden or man, that vainly her flying steps followed. 1 Like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 Ta Ta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 tó tó NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ka ka NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 b b NUM LS _ 28 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 oft oft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 antelope antelope NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 o'er o'er ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 prairies prairie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 bounded bound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 Lightly lightly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 advcl _ _ 44 in in ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 52 back back ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 53 over over ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 At at SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 footed foot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 parataxis _ _ 61 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 xcomp _ _ 62 or or CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 65 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 70 nsubj _ _ 66 vainly vainly ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 67 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 69 amod _ _ 69 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nsubj _ _ 70 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | WINONA's feet | | | | like the wings of the wind; WINONA *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | like a antelope fleet o'er the hills and the prairies; b *discourse* | tree rules | | 3 | **bound** | past | WINONA | a antelope fleet o'er the hills and the prairies *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location fleet=Theme | | 4 | **laugh** | gerund | | sport | | | | lightly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run** | past | WINONA | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **look back** | gerund | WINONA *not said here* | | | | | over WINONA's shoulder | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over shoulder=Theme | | 7 | **foot** | past | the fleet | | | | | maiden *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **follow** | past | that | | | | | WINONA's flying steps *nsubj*; vainly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **step** | | WINONA | | | | | | nom step «act 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/93/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/)