--- title: [108] For a warrior brave was Panther; Often had he met the foemen,… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: [108] For a warrior brave was Panther; Often had he met the foemen, Met the bold and fierce Dakotas; Westward on the war-path met them; And the scalps he won were numbered, Numbered seven by Kenéw-feathers. Who acts: Often, Westward. 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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 (Often, Westward), 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:pg8122:18:41 # text = [108] For a warrior brave was Panther; Often had he met the foemen, Met the bold and fierce Dakotas; Westward on the war-path met them; And the scalps he won were numbered, Numbered seven by Kenéw-feathers. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 108 108 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 For for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 Panther Panther PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 Often Often PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 foemen foeman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bold bold NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Dakotas dakota NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 Westward Westward PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 31 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 scalps scalp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 numbered number VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Numbered number VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 43 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 obj _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 Kenéw Kenéw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | brave Panther | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | Often | 108 for a warrior | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **meet** | past | Often | the foemen | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foeman=Co-Agent | | 4 | **meet** | past | Often *not said here* | the bold and fierce Dakotas | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bold=Co-Agent | | 5 | **meet** | past | Westward on the war path | bold | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 6 | **win** | past | Westward | the scalps *not said here* | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scalp=Eventuality | | 7 | **number** | past · passive | | the scalps | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **number** | participle | | seven | | | | by Kenéw feathers | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seven=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/42/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)