--- title: Opechee is not afraid in the storm, and many have heard him singing… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: Opechee is not afraid in the storm, and many have heard him singing just after the great thunderbirds had called to each other and the water was coming fast from the sky to find a place to hide in the ground. Who acts: Opechee, many, water. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indian --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/66/45/) [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/) / [Wigwam stories told by North American…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/) / [XLI. Opechee the Robin Redbreast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/66/) / 45 # Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, XLI. Opechee the Robin Redbreast, sentence 45 Opechee is not afraid in the storm, and many have heard him singing just after the great thunderbirds had called to each other and the water was coming fast from the sky to find a place to hide in the ground. **Who acts:** Opechee, many, water · **What happens:** not be, hear, sing, call, come, find · **To what, where:** storm, Opechee, great thunderbirds, each, sky, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, XLI. Opechee the Robin Redbreast. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Opechee, many, water), 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:pg73136:66:45 # text = Opechee is not afraid in the storm, and many have heard him singing just after the great thunderbirds had called to each other and the water was coming fast from the sky to find a place to hide in the ground. 1 Opechee Opechee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 16 after after SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 thunderbirds thunderbird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 21 obl _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 fixed _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 30 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | Opechee | | | the storm | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | present · perfect | many | Opechee | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | many *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **call** | past · perfect · passive | | the great thunderbirds | each | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to each=Recipient | | 5 | **come** | past · progressive | the water | | | the sky | | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **find** | to-infinitive | the water *not said here* | a place | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic | | 7 | **hide** | to-infinitive | the water *not said here* | a place *not said here* | | the ground | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ground=Location | 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:** «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Project Gutenberg book 73136 (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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/66/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/66/46/) - ↑ back to [XLI. 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