--- title: "I pity Winona," he said, "but my path is a pathway of danger, And l… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: "I pity Winona," he said, "but my path is a pathway of danger, And long is the trail for the maid to the far-away land of the sunrise; And few are the braves of my band, and the braves of Tamdóka are many; But soon I return to the land, and a cloud of my hunters will follow. 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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 (tongue, path, braves, cloud), 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:pg8122:12:23 # text = "I pity Winona," he said, "but my path is a pathway of danger, And long is the trail for the maid to the far-away land of the sunrise; And few are the braves of my band, and the braves of Tamdóka are many; But soon I return to the land, and a cloud of my hunters will follow. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pity pity VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 4 Winona Winona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 pathway pathway NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 trail trail NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 braves brave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 parataxis _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 braves brave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Tamdóka Tamdóka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 But but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 58 advmod _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ _ 69 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pity** *in a quote* | present | tongue | Winona | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer winona=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tongue | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my path | a pathway and the long trail | | | | of danger | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my path *not said here* | the long trail | | | | for the maid to the far land of the sunrise | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the few braves | | | | of my band | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the braves of Tamdóka | | | | | many *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **return** *in a quote* | present | tongue | | | | | to the land *result*; soon *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to land=Result | | 8 | **follow** *in a quote* | future | a cloud of my hunters | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **cloud** *in a quote* | | | my hunters | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/24/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/)