--- title: And thus since the birth-day of man --since he sprang from the heart… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: And thus since the birth-day of man --since he sprang from the heart of the mountains, [69] Has the sacred "Wacépee Wakán" by the warlike Dakotas been honored, And the god-favored sons of the clan work their will with the help of the spirits. Who acts: man, favored sons. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, favored sons), 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:pg8122:11:108 # text = And thus since the birth-day of man --since he sprang from the heart of the mountains, [69] Has the sacred "Wacépee Wakán" by the warlike Dakotas been honored, And the god-favored sons of the clan work their will with the help of the spirits. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 3 since since ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 since since SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 69 69 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ _ 24 Has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Wacépee Wacépee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Wakán Wakán PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 31 by by SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 warlike warlike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 34 Dakotas dakota NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 honored honor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 favored favor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 43 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 clan clan NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring** | past | man | 69 | | the heart of the mountains | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from heart=Trajectory | | 2 | **have** | present | | the sacred Wacépee Wakán | | | | thus *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wakán=Patient | | 3 | **honor** | participle · passive | | Dakotas | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **favor** | participle | | | | | | god *compound* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **work** | infinitive | the favored sons of the clan | | | | | with the help of the spirits | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with help=Co-Agent | | 6 | **help** | | | the spirits | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/107/) - next →: [The Feast of the Virgins., p…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/1/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)