--- title: But alas, the fatal honor that her brave Wanâta won, Brought a bitte… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: But alas, the fatal honor that her brave Wanâta won, Brought a bitter woe upon her,--hid with clouds the summer sun For among the brave Dakotas, wives bring honor to the chief. Who acts: brave Wanâta, alas, wives. 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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 (brave Wanâta, alas, wives), 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:pg8122:17:16 # text = But alas, the fatal honor that her brave Wanâta won, Brought a bitter woe upon her,--hid with clouds the summer sun For among the brave Dakotas, wives bring honor to the chief. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 alas ala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Wanâta Wanâta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 Brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 27 For for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 among among ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Dakotas dakota NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | Proud's brave Wanâta | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bring** | past | alas and the fatal honor | a bitter woe | | | | upon Proud | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent woe=Theme | | 3 | **hide** | past | alas and the fatal honor *not said here* | the summer sun | | | | with clouds; for the brave Dakotas | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Patient | | 4 | **bring** | present | wives | honor | | the chief | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent honor=Theme to chief=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/17/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/17/17/) - ↑ back to [The Legend.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/17/)