--- title: "Wild-Rose of the Prairies," he said, "DuLuth listens not to the Ha-… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: "Wild-Rose of the Prairies," he said, "DuLuth listens not to the Ha-ha, For the wail of the ghost of the dead, for her babe and its father unfaithful; But he lists to a voice in his heart that is heard by the ear of no other, And to-day will the White Chief depart --he returns to the land of the sun --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/11/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/) / 11 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 11 "Wild-Rose of the Prairies," he said, "DuLuth listens not to the Ha-ha, For the wail of the ghost of the dead, for her babe and its father unfaithful; But he lists to a voice in his heart that is heard by the ear of no other, And to-day will the White Chief depart --he returns to the land of the sunrise." " **Who acts:** Wild Rose, DuLuth, ear, White Chief, chief, ghost · **What happens:** say, not listen, list, hear, depart, return · **To what, where:** heart · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wild Rose, DuLuth, ear, White Chief), 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:pg8122:12:11 # text = "Wild-Rose of the Prairies," he said, "DuLuth listens not to the Ha-ha, For the wail of the ghost of the dead, for her babe and its father unfaithful; But he lists to a voice in his heart that is heard by the ear of no other, And to-day will the White Chief depart --he returns to the land of the sunrise." " 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Rose Rose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Prairies Prairie PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 DuLuth DuLuth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 listens listen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Ha Ha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ha ha INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 For for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 wail wail NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 babe babe NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 unfaithful unfaithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 But but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lists list VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 58 det _ _ 58 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 60 And and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 64 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 67 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 68 depart depart VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 69 -- -- PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 72 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 80 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wild Rose of the Prairies | | | | | rose *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **listen** *in a quote* | present | DuLuth | | | | | to the Ha | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ha=Theme | | 3 | **list** *in a quote* | present | Duluth | | | Duluth's heart | | to a voice | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · passive | the ear of no other | Duluth's heart | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **depart** *in a quote* | future | the White Chief | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **return** *in a quote* | present | chief | | | | | to the land of the sunrise *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to land=Result | | 7 | **wail** *in a quote* | | the ghost of the dead | | | | | | nom wail «communication intransitive»: of=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/12/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/)