--- title: All the night in the teepee they sang, and they danced to the mighty… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: All the night in the teepee they sang, and they danced to the mighty Unktéhee, While the loud-braying Chán-che-ga rang and the shrill-piping flute and the rattle, Till Anpétuwee [70] rose in the east --from the couch of the blushing Han-nân-na. Who acts: children, Chán, piping flute. 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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 (children, Chán, piping flute), 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:pg8122:11:93 # text = All the night in the teepee they sang, and they danced to the mighty Unktéhee, While the loud-braying Chán-che-ga rang and the shrill-piping flute and the rattle, Till Anpétuwee [70] rose in the east --from the couch of the blushing Han-nân-na. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 teepee teepee NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Unktéhee Unktéhee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 While while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 braying bray VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 23 Chán Chán PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 che che NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 list _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ga ga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 list _ _ 28 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 shrill shrill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 piping pipe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 amod _ _ 34 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rattle rattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 Till till ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Anpétuwee Anpétuwee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 70 70 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ _ 44 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 54 blushing blush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 csubj _ _ 55 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 nân nân NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 na na NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | children *= child* | | | | night | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **dance** | past | children *= child* | | | | | to the mighty Unktéhee | vn waltz-51.5 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bray** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **ring** | past | Chán che ga | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **pipe** | gerund | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **rise** | past | the piping flute and the rattle | | | the east | | from the couch of the nân na; Anpétuwee *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in east=Location | | 7 | **blush** | gerund | | Han | | | | | tree rules | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/94/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/11/)