--- title: Ta-té-psin, the aged brave, bends as he walks by the side of Winona;… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Ta-té-psin, the aged brave, bends as he walks by the side of Winona; Her arm to his left hand she lends, and he feels with his staff for the pathway; On his slow, feeble footsteps attends his gray dog, the watchful Wicháka; [a] For blind in his years is the chief of a fever that followed the Summer, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/61/) [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/) / 61 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 61 Ta-té-psin, the aged brave, bends as he walks by the side of Winona; Her arm to his left hand she lends, and he feels with his staff for the pathway; On his slow, feeble footsteps attends his gray dog, the watchful Wicháka; \[a\] For blind in his years is the chief of a fever that followed the Summer, And the days of Ta-té-psin are brief. **Who acts:** Ta, Winona, fever, days · **What happens:** bend, walk, lend, feel, attend, be · **To what, where:** arm, left hand, gray dog, slow feeble footsteps, blind chief, Summer 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 (Ta, Winona, fever, days), 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:pg8122:13:61 # text = Ta-té-psin, the aged brave, bends as he walks by the side of Winona; Her arm to his left hand she lends, and he feels with his staff for the pathway; On his slow, feeble footsteps attends his gray dog, the watchful Wicháka; [a] For blind in his years is the chief of a fever that followed the Summer, And the days of Ta-té-psin are brief. 1 Ta Ta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 té té NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 psin psin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bends bend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Winona Winona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lends lend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 pathway pathway NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 40 On on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 42 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 feeble feeble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 46 attends attend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 gray gray ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 watchful watchful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 Wicháka Wicháka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ _ 55 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 59 punct _ _ 58 For for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 70 nsubj _ _ 70 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 acl:relcl _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 Summer Summer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 74 And and CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 84 nsubj _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 78 Ta Ta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 82 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 79 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 té té NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 81 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 psin psin NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ _ 83 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 84 cop _ _ 84 brief brief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | present | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **walk** | present | Ta | | | | | by the side of Winona | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by side=Trajectory | | 3 | **lend** | present | Winona | Winona's arm | Ta's left hand | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to hand=Recipient | | 4 | **feel** | present | Ta | | | | | with Ta's staff for the pathway | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **attend** | present | Winona *not said here* | | Ta's gray dog | Ta's slow feeble footsteps | | the watchful Wicháka *obl* | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dog=Goal | | 6 | **is a** | present | | the blind chief | | | | of a fever | tree rules | | 7 | **follow** | past | a fever | the Summer | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent summer=Theme | | 8 | **is** | present | the days of Ta té psin | | | | | brief *property* | tree rules | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/62/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/)