--- title: Brave Wazi-Kuté is a man, and his heart is as clear as the sun-light… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Brave Wazi-Kuté is a man, and his heart is as clear as the sun-light; But the head of a treacherous clan, and a snake in the bush is Tamdóka," Said the chief; and he promised Duluth, on the word of a friend and a warrior, To carry the pipe and the truth to his cousin, the chief at Kathága; For thric --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/26/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/) / 26 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 26 Brave Wazi-Kuté is a man, and his heart is as clear as the sun-light; But the head of a treacherous clan, and a snake in the bush is Tamdóka," Said the chief; and he promised Duluth, on the word of a friend and a warrior, To carry the pipe and the truth to his cousin, the chief at Kathága; For thrice at the Tânka Medé had he smoked in the lodge of the Frenchman; And thrice had he carried away the bountiful gifts of the trader. **Who acts:** you, Wazi, heart, snake, head, thrice · **What happens:** brave, be, say, promise, carry, have · **To what, where:** man, Tamdóka, chief, Duluth, word, pipe · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Wazi, heart, snake), 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:pg8122:13:26 # text = Brave Wazi-Kuté is a man, and his heart is as clear as the sun-light; But the head of a treacherous clan, and a snake in the bush is Tamdóka," Said the chief; and he promised Duluth, on the word of a friend and a warrior, To carry the pipe and the truth to his cousin, the chief at Kathága; For thrice at the Tânka Medé had he smoked in the lodge of the Frenchman; And thrice had he carried away the bountiful gifts of the trader. 1 Brave brave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Wazi Wazi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Kuté Kuté PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; 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; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 46 Duluth Duluth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 To to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 65 to to ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 appos _ _ 71 at at ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 Kathága Kathága PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ; ; PUNCT : _ 80 punct _ _ 74 For for ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 thrice thrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obl _ _ 76 at at ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 Tânka Tânka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 compound _ _ 79 Medé Medé PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 nmod _ _ 80 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 81 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 80 obj _ _ 82 smoked smoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 80 xcomp _ _ 83 in in ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 obl _ _ 86 of of ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 Frenchman frenchman NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 89 ; ; PUNCT , _ 92 punct _ _ 90 And and CCONJ CC _ 92 cc _ _ 91 thrice thrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 92 nsubj _ _ 92 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 conj _ _ 93 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 94 nsubj _ _ 94 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 92 ccomp _ _ 95 away away ADV RB _ 94 advmod _ _ 96 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 98 det _ _ 97 bountiful bountiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 98 amod _ _ 98 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 94 obj _ _ 99 of of ADP IN _ 101 case _ _ 100 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 101 det _ _ 101 trader trader NOUN NN Number=Sing 98 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 102 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **brave** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | Wazi | a man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | Wazi's heart | | | | | as the sun light; clear *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | a snake in the bush | Tamdóka | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the head of a treacherous clan | the chief | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chief=Topic | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | snake | | Duluth | the word of a friend and a warrior | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent duluth=Theme | | 7 | **carry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | snake *not said here* | the pipe and the truth | | Wazi's cousin | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme to cousin=Destination | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | past | | Wazi | | | | for thrice at the Tânka Medé | tree rules | | 9 | **smoke** *in a quote* | participle | Wazi *not said here* | | | the lodge of the Frenchman | | | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **have** *in a quote* | past | thrice | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **carry away** *in a quote* | past | thrice | the bountiful gifts of the trader | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 12 | **word** *in a quote* | | | a friend and a warrior | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **gift** *in a quote* | | | the trader | | | | | nom gift «possession 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/27/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/)