--- title: And again the tekenâgun Held a babe--a tawny daughter, Held a dark-e… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: And again the tekenâgun Held a babe--a tawny daughter, Held a dark-eyed, dimpled daughter; And they called her Waub-omeé-meé,-- Thus they named her--the White-Pigeon. Who acts: tekenâgun, tawny daughter, babe. 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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 (tekenâgun, tawny daughter, babe), 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:pg8122:18:16 # text = And again the tekenâgun Held a babe--a tawny daughter, Held a dark-eyed, dimpled daughter; And they called her Waub-omeé-meé,-- Thus they named her--the White-Pigeon. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tekenâgun tekenâgun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 Held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 babe babe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 tawny tawny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 15 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 dimpled dimple VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 26 Waub Waub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 omeé omeé NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 meé meé NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 Thus thus ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 named name VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 White White PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Pigeon Pigeon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | the tekenâgun | a babe and a tawny daughter | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent babe=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | participle | a tawny daughter *not said here* | a eyed dimpled daughter | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | | 3 | **dimple** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **call** | past | babe | tekenâgun's Waub omeé meé | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **name** | past | babe | tekenâgun | | | | the White Pigeon *obl*; thus *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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/pg8122/18/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/17/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)