--- title: [70] Let your prayer to the Sun be --_Wakán, Até: on-si-má-da oheé-n… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: [70] Let your prayer to the Sun be --_Wakán, Até: on-si-má-da oheé-neé_ [a] And remember the Táku Wakán, [73] all pervading in earth and in ether-- Invisible ever to man, but he dwells in the midst of all matter; Yea, he dwells in the heart of the stone --in the hard granite heart of the boulder; Ye --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/78/) [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/) / 78 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 78 \[70\] Let your prayer to the Sun be --\_Wakán, Até: on-si-má-da oheé-neé\_ \[a\] And remember the Táku Wakán, \[73\] all pervading in earth and in ether-- Invisible ever to man, but he dwells in the midst of all matter; Yea, he dwells in the heart of the stone --in the hard granite heart of the boulder; Ye shall call him forever Tunkán --grandfather of all the Dakotas. **Who acts:** 70, prayer, Invisible, Ye, your · **What happens:** let, be, remember, pervade, dwell, call · **To what, where:** prayer, Táku Wakán, earth, midst, heart, Invisible · **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 (70, prayer, Invisible, Ye), 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:pg8122:11:78 # text = [70] Let your prayer to the Sun be --_Wakán, Até: on-si-má-da oheé-neé_ [a] And remember the Táku Wakán, [73] all pervading in earth and in ether-- Invisible ever to man, but he dwells in the midst of all matter; Yea, he dwells in the heart of the stone --in the hard granite heart of the boulder; Ye shall call him forever Tunkán --grandfather of all the Dakotas. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 70 70 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Wakán Wakán PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Até Até PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 si si NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 má má NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 da da NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 24 oheé oheé NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 neé neé NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 26 punct _ _ 28 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 29 punct _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Táku Táku PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Wakán Wakán PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 73 73 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 38 punct _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 advmod _ _ 41 pervading pervade VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 ether ether NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 Invisible Invisible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 51 advmod _ _ 50 to to ADP TO _ 51 case _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 dwells dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 61 det _ _ 61 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 63 Yea yea INTJ UH _ 66 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 dwells dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ _ 73 -- -- PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 76 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 77 granite granite NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 compound _ _ 78 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 79 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 boulder boulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ; ; PUNCT : _ 85 punct _ _ 83 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 85 nsubj _ _ 84 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 85 aux _ _ 85 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 advcl _ _ 86 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 obj _ _ 87 forever forever ADV RB _ 88 advmod _ _ 88 Tunkán Tunkán PROPN NNP Number=Sing 85 xcomp _ _ 89 -- -- PUNCT , _ 90 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 90 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ _ 91 of of ADP IN _ 94 case _ _ 92 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 94 det:predet _ _ 93 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 94 Dakotas dakota NOUN NNS Number=Plur 90 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 95 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | 70 | your prayer | | | | to the Sun; Wakán and Até *parataxis*; da oheé neé si má *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | infinitive | your prayer *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **remember** | infinitive | 70 *not said here* | the Táku Wakán | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent wakán=Theme | | 4 | **pervade** | gerund | 70 *not said here* | | | earth and ether | | to man Invisible | tree rules | | 5 | **dwell** | present | Invisible | | | the midst of all matter | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Location | | 6 | **dwell** | present | Invisible | | | the heart of the stone | | in the hard granite heart of the boulder | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heart=Location | | 7 | **call** | shall | Ye | | Invisible | | | grandfather of all Dakotas *obl*; Tunkán *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 8 | **pray** | | your | | | | | to the Sun | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/79/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)