--- title: [b] Lift thy voice to his spirit in need, and his spirit will hear t… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: [b] Lift thy voice to his spirit in need, and his spirit will hear thee and answer; For often he comes to my aid; he is stronger than all the Dakotas; And the Spirits of evil, afraid, hide away when he looks from the heavens." Who acts: Lift. 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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 (Lift), 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:pg8122:12:40 # text = [b] Lift thy voice to his spirit in need, and his spirit will hear thee and answer; For often he comes to my aid; he is stronger than all the Dakotas; And the Spirits of evil, afraid, hide away when he looks from the heavens." 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 b b NUM LS _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Lift Lift PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 For for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 often often ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 parataxis _ _ 33 than than ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Dakotas dakota NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 47 away away ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 when when SCONJ WRB _ 50 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | future | Lift thy voice to Lift's spirit in need | thee | | | | Lift's spirit *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Lift thy voice to Lift's spirit in need *not said here* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | present | Lift | | | my aid | | often *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to aid=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is** | present | Lift | | | | | than all Dakotas; strong *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hide away** | infinitive | Lift thy voice to Lift's spirit in need *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | present | Lift | | | | | from the heavens | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from heaven=Theme | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/40/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/12/)