--- title: He laid his thin, shriveled hand on her tresses, "Winona my daughter… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: He laid his thin, shriveled hand on her tresses, "Winona my daughter," he said, "no longer thy father beholds thee; But he feels the long locks of thy hair, and the days that are gone are remembered, When Sisóka [a] sat faithful and fair in the lodge of swift footed Ta-té-psin. 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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 (dog, father, days, swift), 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:pg8122:13:66 # text = He laid his thin, shriveled hand on her tresses, "Winona my daughter," he said, "no longer thy father beholds thee; But he feels the long locks of thy hair, and the days that are gone are remembered, When Sisóka [a] sat faithful and fair in the lodge of swift footed Ta-té-psin. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 4 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 shriveled shrivel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 tresses tress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Winona Winona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT " _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 no no ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ _ 24 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 beholds behold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 But but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 49 Sisóka Sisóka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 53 punct _ _ 53 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 footed foot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 acl _ _ 63 Ta Ta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 té té NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 psin psin NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | dog | dog's thin shriveled hand | | Winona's tresses Winona | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on tress=Destination | | 2 | **shrivel** | participle | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | dog | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **behold** *in a quote* | present | thy father | thee | | | | long *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 5 | **feel** *in a quote* | present | dog | the long locks of thy hair | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the days | | | | | go *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **remember** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the days | | | | Sisóka *obl* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **sit** *in a quote* | past | | | | the lodge of swift | | faithful *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lodge=Location | | 9 | **foot** *in a quote* | participle | swift *not said here* | Ta té psin | | | | | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/67/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/13/)