--- title: A bold and and adventuresome man was DuLuth, and a dauntless in dang… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: A bold and and adventuresome man was DuLuth, and a dauntless in danger, And straight to Kathága he ran, and boldly advanced to the warriors, Now gathering, a cloud, on the strand, and gazing amazed on the strangers; And straightway he offered his hand unto Wázi-kuté, the Itáncan. Who acts: bold, DuL --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/74/) [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/) / 74 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 3, sentence 74 A bold and and adventuresome man was DuLuth, and a dauntless in danger, And straight to Kathága he ran, and boldly advanced to the warriors, Now gathering, a cloud, on the strand, and gazing amazed on the strangers; And straightway he offered his hand unto Wázi-kuté, the Itáncan. **Who acts:** bold, DuLuth, straightway · **What happens:** be, run, gather, amaze, offer · **To what, where:** DuLuth, danger, strangers, hand 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 (bold, DuLuth, straightway), 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:pg8122:10:74 # text = A bold and and adventuresome man was DuLuth, and a dauntless in danger, And straight to Kathága he ran, and boldly advanced to the warriors, Now gathering, a cloud, on the strand, and gazing amazed on the strangers; And straightway he offered his hand unto Wázi-kuté, the Itáncan. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bold bold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 adventuresome adventuresome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 DuLuth DuLuth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dauntless dauntless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 straight straight ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Kathága Kathága PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 25 advanced advanced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 31 gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 strand strand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 gazing gaze AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 amazed amaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 And and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 unto unto ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 Wázi Wázi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 kuté kuté NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 Itáncan Itáncan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | a bold and adventuresome man | DuLuth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | a bold and adventuresome man *not said here* | | | danger | | | tree rules | | 3 | **run** | past | DuLuth | | | | | Kathága *nsubj*; the strand *parataxis* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **gather** | gerund | DuLuth *not said here* | | | | now | a cloud *parataxis* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **amaze** | gerund · passive | DuLuth *not said here* | | | the strangers | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 6 | **offer** | past | straightway | straightway's hand | | | | unto Wázi kuté | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/75/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/10/)