--- title: Lo behind the haughty hunter, Closely following in his footsteps, Wa… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Lo behind the haughty hunter, Closely following in his footsteps, Walked a young and handsome woman, Walked the Red Fox from the island-- Gitchee Ménis--the Grand Island,-- Followed him into the wigwam, Proudly took her seat beside him. 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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: 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:pg8122:18:49 # text = Lo behind the haughty hunter, Closely following in his footsteps, Walked a young and handsome woman, Walked the Red Fox from the island-- Gitchee Ménis--the Grand Island,-- Followed him into the wigwam, Proudly took her seat beside him. 1 Lo lo INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 2 behind behind ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 haughty haughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 Closely closely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 Walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 18 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Gitchee Gitchee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 29 Ménis Ménis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Grand Grand PROPN NNP _ 33 compound _ _ 33 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 Proudly proudly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 beside beside ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | closely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | past | | a young woman | | | | follow husband's footsteps | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Agent | | 3 | **walk** | past | | the Red Fox | | the island | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent fox=Theme from island=Trajectory | | 4 | **follow** | past | | husband | | the wigwam | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme into wigwam=Trajectory | | 5 | **take** | past | | Till's seat | | | | beside husband; proudly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/50/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)