--- title: They that enter the firm brotherhood first must fast and be cleansed… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: They that enter the firm brotherhood first must fast and be cleansed by E-neé-pee; [81] And from foot-sole to crown of the head must they paint with the favorite colors; For Unktéhee likes bands of blood-red, with the stripings of blue intermingled. Who acts: notes, E-neé-pee, 81. A sentence of «Leg --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/70/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/) / 70 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 70 They that enter the firm brotherhood first must fast and be cleansed by E-neé-pee; \[81\] And from foot-sole to crown of the head must they paint with the favorite colors; For Unktéhee likes bands of blood-red, with the stripings of blue intermingled. **Who acts:** notes, E-neé-pee, 81 · **What happens:** enter, cleanse, crown, paint, like, intermingle · **To what, where:** firm brotherhood, bands, stripings This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (notes, E-neé-pee, 81), 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:pg8122:11:70 # text = They that enter the firm brotherhood first must fast and be cleansed by E-neé-pee; [81] And from foot-sole to crown of the head must they paint with the favorite colors; For Unktéhee likes bands of blood-red, with the stripings of blue intermingled. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 enter enter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 brotherhood brotherhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 advmod _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 cleansed cleanse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 E-neé-pee e-neé-pee NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 16 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 81 81 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 crown crown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 paint paint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 favorite favorite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 For for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Unktéhee Unktéhee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 39 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 bands band NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 stripings striping NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 parataxis _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 nmod _ _ 51 intermingled intermingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | present | notes *= note* | the firm brotherhood | | | | that *nsubj*; fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brotherhood=Destination | | 2 | **cleanse** | infinitive · passive | E-neé-pee | | | | | | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **crown** | to-infinitive | 81 *not said here* | | | | | of the head | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **paint** | must | 81 | | | | | with the favorite colors; notes *= note* *nsubj* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with color=Theme | | 5 | **like** | present | | bands of blood red | | | | for Unktéhee; the stripings of blue *parataxis* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer band=Stimulus for unktéhee=Attribute | | 6 | **intermingle** | participle | | the stripings of blue *not said here* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/71/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)