--- title: The strong hunters crouched in their tees; by the lodge-fires the li… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The strong hunters crouched in their tees; by the lodge-fires the little ones shivered; And the Magic Men [b] danced to appease, in their teepee, the wrath of Wazíya; But famine and fatal disease, like phantoms, crept into the village. Who acts: strong hunters, Magic Men. 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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 (strong hunters, Magic Men), 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:pg8122:14:11 # text = The strong hunters crouched in their tees; by the lodge-fires the little ones shivered; And the Magic Men [b] danced to appease, in their teepee, the wrath of Wazíya; But famine and fatal disease, like phantoms, crept into the village. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 4 crouched crouch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 tees tee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 fires fire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 shivered shiver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 Magic Magic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Men Men PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 b b NUM LS _ 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ _ 26 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 appease appease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 teepee teepee NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Wazíya Wazíya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 But but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 disease disease NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 like like ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 phantoms phantom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 49 into into ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crouch** | participle | | the strong hunters *not said here* | | hunters's tees | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tee=Location | | 2 | **fire** | present | the strong hunters | the little ones | | | | by the lodge; famine and fatal disease and phantoms *parataxis* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent one=Theme by lodge=Destination | | 3 | **shiver** | participle | | the little ones *not said here* | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **dance** | past | the Magic Men | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **appease** | to-infinitive | the Magic Men *not said here* | hunters's teepee | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus teepee=Experiencer | | 6 | **creep** | past | the strong hunters *not said here* | | | the village | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into village=Destination | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/12/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/14/)