--- title: Round and round walks the chief of the clan, as he rattles the sacre… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Round and round walks the chief of the clan, as he rattles the sacred Ta-shá-kay; [81] Long and loud on the Chân-che-ga [81] beat the drummers with magical drumsticks, And the notes of the Chô-tánka [81] greet, like the murmur of winds on the waters. Who acts: chief, notes. 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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 (chief, notes), 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:pg8122:11:68 # text = Round and round walks the chief of the clan, as he rattles the sacred Ta-shá-kay; [81] Long and loud on the Chân-che-ga [81] beat the drummers with magical drumsticks, And the notes of the Chô-tánka [81] greet, like the murmur of winds on the waters. 1 Round round ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 1 conj _ _ 4 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 clan clan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 rattles rattle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 15 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 16 Ta Ta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 shá shá NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 kay kay NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 81 81 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 25 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 25 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 Chân Chân PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 che che NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ga ga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 81 81 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 38 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 drummers drummer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 drumsticks drumstick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 45 And and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Chô Chô PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 tánka tánka X FW Foreign=Yes 50 conj _ _ 53 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 81 81 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 52 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 54 punct _ _ 56 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 like like ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 murmur murmur NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nmod _ _ 63 on on ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | | the chief of the clan | | | | round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chief=Trajectory | | 2 | **rattle** | present | chief | the sacred Ta shá kay | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kay=Theme | | 3 | **beat** | infinitive | | the drummers | | | | with magical drumsticks | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent drummer=Patient with drumstick=Instrument | | 4 | **greet** *speech: greet* | infinitive | the notes of the Chô | | | | | like the murmur of winds on the waters | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **note** | | | the Chô | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **murmur** | | | winds on the waters | | | | | nom murmur «event 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/69/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)