--- title: When a stranger arrives at the tee --be he friend of the band or a f… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: When a stranger arrives at the tee --be he friend of the band or a foeman, Give him food; let your bounty be free; lay a robe for the guest by the lodge-fire; Let him go to his kindred in peace, if the peace-pipe he smoke in the teepee; And so shall your children increase, and your lodges shall laug --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/87/) [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/) / 87 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 4, sentence 87 When a stranger arrives at the tee --be he friend of the band or a foeman, Give him food; let your bounty be free; lay a robe for the guest by the lodge-fire; Let him go to his kindred in peace, if the peace-pipe he smoke in the teepee; And so shall your children increase, and your lodges shall laugh with abundance. **Who acts:** stranger, you, bounty, children, lodges · **What happens:** arrive, be, give, let, lay, go · **To what, where:** tee, friend, food, stranger, bounty, robe 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 (stranger, you, bounty, children), 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:pg8122:11:87 # text = When a stranger arrives at the tee --be he friend of the band or a foeman, Give him food; let your bounty be free; lay a robe for the guest by the lodge-fire; Let him go to his kindred in peace, if the peace-pipe he smoke in the teepee; And so shall your children increase, and your lodges shall laugh with abundance. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 arrives arrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tee tee NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 foeman foeman NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 23 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 bounty bounty NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 kindred kindred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 52 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 teepee teepee NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 61 And and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 62 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 64 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj _ _ 66 increase increase VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 69 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 lodges lodge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj _ _ 71 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 conj _ _ 73 with with ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | present | a stranger | | | the tee | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | stranger | friend | | | | of the band or a foeman | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | food | stranger | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient food=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | your bounty | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | infinitive | your bounty *not said here* | | | | | free *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **lay** | infinitive | | a robe | | | | for the guest; by the lodge fire | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent robe=Result for guest=Beneficiary | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | stranger | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | infinitive | stranger *not said here* | | | | | kindred *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **smoke** | | stranger | | | the teepee | | | tree rules | | 10 | **increase** | shall | your children | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **laugh** | shall | your lodges | | | | | with abundance | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/88/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)