--- title: Young again he seemed and gladsome, Glad as Raven when the father Ma… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Young again he seemed and gladsome, Glad as Raven when the father Made his first bow from the elm-tree, From the ash tree made his arrows, Taught him how to aim his arrows, How to shoot Wabóse--the rabbit. Who acts: panther, father. 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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 (panther, father), 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:pg8122:18:60 # text = Young again he seemed and gladsome, Glad as Raven when the father Made his first bow from the elm-tree, From the ash tree made his arrows, Taught him how to aim his arrows, How to shoot Wabóse--the rabbit. 1 Young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 gladsome gladsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 Glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Raven Raven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 Made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 elm elm NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 From from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 28 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 aim aim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 43 Wabóse Wabóse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | panther | | | | again | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | the father | panther's first bow | | the elm tree | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent bow=Product from tree=Material | | 3 | **make** | past | the father *not said here* | panther's arrows | | the ash tree | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset arrow=Product from tree=Material | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | panther *not said here* | | panther | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **aim** | to-infinitive | panther *not said here* | panther's arrows | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arrow=Theme | | 6 | **shoot** | to-infinitive | panther *not said here* | Wabóse | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wabóse=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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/61/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)