--- title: When Unktéhee had finished the earth, and the beasts and the birds a… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: When Unktéhee had finished the earth, and the beasts and the birds and the fishes, And men at his bidding came forth from the heart of the huge hollow mountains [69] A band chose the god from the hordes, and he said "Ye are sons of Unktéhee; Ye are lords of the beasts and the birds, and the fishes t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/74/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/) / 74 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 74 When Unktéhee had finished the earth, and the beasts and the birds and the fishes, And men at his bidding came forth from the heart of the huge hollow mountains \[69\] A band chose the god from the hordes, and he said "Ye are sons of Unktéhee; Ye are lords of the beasts and the birds, and the fishes that swim in the waters. **Who acts:** men, band, Ye, fishes, Unktéhee · **What happens:** finish, come, choose, say, be, swim · **To what, where:** Unktéhee, heart, god, hordes, sons, lords · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (men, band, Ye, fishes), 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:pg8122:11:74 # text = When Unktéhee had finished the earth, and the beasts and the birds and the fishes, And men at his bidding came forth from the heart of the huge hollow mountains [69] A band chose the god from the hordes, and he said "Ye are sons of Unktéhee; Ye are lords of the beasts and the birds, and the fishes that swim in the waters. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 Unktéhee Unktéhee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 csubj _ _ 24 forth forth ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 33 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 69 69 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 34 punct _ _ 36 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 hordes horde NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Unktéhee Unktéhee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 55 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 57 nsubj _ _ 56 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 conj _ _ 68 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 69 swim swim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 acl:relcl _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect · passive | | Unktéhee | | the heart the beasts and the birds and the fishes of the huge hollow mountains | | the earth *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | men at Unktéhee's bidding | | | | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **choose** | past | a band | the god | | the hordes | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent god=Theme from horde=Source | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | band | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ye | sons | | | | of Unktéhee | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ye | lords and the fishes | | | | of the beasts and the birds; the fishes *conj* | tree rules | | 7 | **swim** *in a quote* | present | the fishes | | | the waters | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Trajectory | | 8 | **bid** | | Unktéhee | | | | | | nom bidding «communication transitive»: 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/75/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)