--- title: Poor Father Menard,--he was ill; in his breast burned the fire of th… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Poor Father Menard,--he was ill; in his breast burned the fire of the fever; All in vain was the magical skill of Wicásta Wakán [61] with his rattle; Into soft child-like slumber he fell, and awoke in the land of the blessèd-- To the holy applause of "Well done!" and the harps in the hands of the an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/46/) [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/) / 46 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 46 Poor Father Menard,--he was ill; in his breast burned the fire of the fever; All in vain was the magical skill of Wicásta Wakán \[61\] with his rattle; Into soft child-like slumber he fell, and awoke in the land of the blessèd-- To the holy applause of "Well done!" and the harps in the hands of the angels. **Who acts:** Father, Poor Father, All · **What happens:** be, burn, fall, awake, do, fire · **To what, where:** fire, breast, magical skill, soft like slumber, land, holy applause 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 (Father, Poor Father, All), 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:pg8122:10:46 # text = Poor Father Menard,--he was ill; in his breast burned the fire of the fever; All in vain was the magical skill of Wicásta Wakán [61] with his rattle; Into soft child-like slumber he fell, and awoke in the land of the blessèd-- To the holy applause of "Well done!" and the harps in the hands of the angels. 1 Poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 Menard Menard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 13 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 nsubj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 nmod _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Wicásta Wicásta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 Wakán Wakán PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 flat _ _ 30 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 61 61 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 rattle rattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 Into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 38 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 39 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 blessèd blessèd NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 -- -- PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 To to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 applause applause NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 59 of of SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 " " PUNCT `` _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 Well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 62 advmod _ _ 62 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ! ! PUNCT . _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 harps harp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 nmod _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 angels angel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Father | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **burn** | past | Poor Father | the fire of the fever | | Father's breast | | soft like slumber *parataxis* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | All in vain | the magical skill | | | | of Wicásta; with Father's rattle | tree rules | | 4 | **fall** | past | Father | soft like slumber *not said here* | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient slumber=Result | | 5 | **awake** | past | Poor Father *not said here* | | | the land of the blessèd | | to the holy applause | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | | the holy applause *not said here* | | | | the harps in the hands of the angels *conj*; well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fire** | | | the fever | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **rattle** | | Father | | | | | | nom rattle «event intransitive»: 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/47/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/)