--- title: Yea, stronger and braver are they," said the aged Menard to Winona,… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Yea, stronger and braver are they," said the aged Menard to Winona, "Than the head-chief, tall Wazi-kuté, [74] but their words are as soft as a maiden's; Their eyes are the eyes of the swan, but their hearts are the hearts of the eagles; And the terrible Máza Wakán [b] ever walks, by their side like --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/36/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/) / 36 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 36 Yea, stronger and braver are they," said the aged Menard to Winona, "Than the head-chief, tall Wazi-kuté, \[74\] but their words are as soft as a maiden's; Their eyes are the eyes of the swan, but their hearts are the hearts of the eagles; And the terrible Máza Wakán \[b\] ever walks, by their side like a spirit. **Who acts:** canoes, aged Menard, eyes, hearts, terrible Máza · **What happens:** be, say, walk, word · **To what, where:** canoes, eyes, hearts · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (canoes, aged Menard, eyes, hearts), 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:pg8122:10:36 # text = Yea, stronger and braver are they," said the aged Menard to Winona, "Than the head-chief, tall Wazi-kuté, [74] but their words are as soft as a maiden's; Their eyes are the eyes of the swan, but their hearts are the hearts of the eagles; And the terrible Máza Wakán [b] ever walks, by their side like a spirit. 1 Yea yea INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 braver brave ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Menard Menard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Winona Winona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Than than ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 Wazi Wazi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 kuté kuté NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 74 74 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 as as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 43 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 53 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj _ _ 55 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 62 And and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 Máza Máza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 66 Wakán Wakán PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 flat _ _ 67 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 b b NUM LS _ 65 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 65 punct _ _ 70 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 71 advmod _ _ 71 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 by by ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 76 like like ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | canoes *= canoe* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | canoes *= canoe* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | the aged Menard to Winona but canoes's words | | | | | as a maiden; soft *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | canoes's eyes | the eyes but the hearts | | | | of the swan | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | canoes's hearts | the hearts | | | | of the eagles | tree rules | | 6 | **walk** | present | the terrible Máza | | | | ever | by canoes's side like a spirit | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by side=Trajectory | | 7 | **word** | | canoes *= canoe* | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/37/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/)