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title: Then he waved with a flag his adieu to the Chief and the warriors as… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: Then he waved with a flag his adieu to the Chief and the warriors assembled; And away shot Tamdóka's canoe to the strokes of ten sinewy hunters; And a white path he clove up the blue, bubbling stream of the swift Mississippi; And away on his foaming trail flew, like a Sea-Gull the bark of the French
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 5, sentence 55

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Then he waved with a flag his adieu to the Chief and the warriors assembled; And away shot Tamdóka's canoe to the strokes of ten sinewy hunters; And a white path he clove up the blue, bubbling stream of the swift Mississippi; And away on his foaming trail flew, like a Sea-Gull the bark of the Frenchman.

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**Who acts:** son, warriors, white path · **What happens:** wave, assemble, shoot, clove up, bubble, fly · **To what, where:** adieu, Chief, canoe, strokes, blue, stream

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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 (son, warriors, white path), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:12:56
# text = Then he waved with a flag his adieu to the Chief and the warriors assembled; And away shot Tamdóka's canoe to the strokes of ten sinewy hunters; And a white path he clove up the blue, bubbling stream of the swift Mississippi; And away on his foaming trail flew, like a Sea-Gull the bark of the Frenchman.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	adieu	adieu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
17	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	away	away	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	shot	shoot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	Tamdóka	Tamdóka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	strokes	stroke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	nummod	_	_
28	sinewy	sinewy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
31	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	clove	clove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
37	up	up	ADP	RP	_	36	compound:prt	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	bubbling	bubble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	advcl	_	_
42	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	swift	Swift	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	compound	_	_
46	Mississippi	Mississippi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	54	punct	_	_
48	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	away	away	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
50	on	on	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
52	foaming	foaming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	_
53	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
54	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
56	like	like	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
58	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	Gull	Gull	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	appos	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	Frenchman	frenchman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | son | son's adieu | the Chief |  | then | with a flag | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent adieu=Theme to chief=Recipient |
| 2 | **assemble** | past | the warriors |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **shoot** | past | son *not said here* | Tamdóka's canoe |  | the strokes of ten sinewy hunters |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent canoe=Theme to stroke=Destination |
| 4 | **clove up** | past | a white path | the blue |  |  |  | son *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 5 | **bubble** | gerund | a white path *not said here* | stream of the swift Mississippi |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stream=Source |
| 6 | **fly** | past | son *not said here* |  |  | son's foaming trail |  | like a Sea Gull; away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on trail=Location |
| 7 | **stroke** |  |  | ten sinewy hunters |  |  |  |  | nom stroke «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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