--- title: Strong was he and fleet as roebuck, Brave was he and very stealthy;… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Strong was he and fleet as roebuck, Brave was he and very stealthy; On the deer crept like a panther; Grappled with Makwá, [105] the monster, Grappled with the bear and conquered; Took his black claws for a necklet, Took his black hide for a blanket. Who acts: Strong, Brave, deer. 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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, Brave, deer), 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:pg8122:18:3 # text = Strong was he and fleet as roebuck, Brave was he and very stealthy; On the deer crept like a panther; Grappled with Makwá, [105] the monster, Grappled with the bear and conquered; Took his black claws for a necklet, Took his black hide for a blanket. 1 Strong Strong PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 fleet fleet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 roebuck roebuck NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 Brave Brave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 stealthy stealthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 On on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Grappled grapple VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Makwá Makwá PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 105 105 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 29 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Grappled grapple VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 parataxis _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 conquered conquer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 necklet necklet NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 Took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 blanket blanket NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Strong | | | | | as roebuck; fleet *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Brave | | | | | stealthy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **creep** | past | the deer | 105 | | | | like a panther; the monster *obl* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **grapple** | participle | the deer *not said here* | | | | | with Makwá | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with makwá=Theme | | 5 | **grapple** | participle | | | | | | with the bear | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bear=Theme | | 6 | **conquer** | past | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **take** | past | | Brave's black claws | | | | for a necklet | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent claw=Theme for necklet=Beneficiary | | 8 | **take** | past | | Brave's black hide | | | | for a blanket | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hide=Theme for blanket=Beneficiary | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/4/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)