--- title: Little moccasins she made him, Feathered cap and belt of wampum; Fro… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Little moccasins she made him, Feathered cap and belt of wampum; From the hide of fawn a blanket, Fringed with feathers soft as sable; Singing at her pleasant labor, By her side the tekenâgun [106] And the little hunter in it. Who acts: Little moccasins. 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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 (Little moccasins), 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:pg8122:18:9 # text = Little moccasins she made him, Feathered cap and belt of wampum; From the hide of fawn a blanket, Fringed with feathers soft as sable; Singing at her pleasant labor, By her side the tekenâgun [106] And the little hunter in it. 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 moccasins moccasin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 Feathered feathered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 wampum wampum NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 From from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 fawn fawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 blanket blanket NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Fringed fringe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 25 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 sable sable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 labor labor NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 By by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 tekenâgun tekenâgun NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 106 106 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 41 punct _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Little moccasins | Gull | | the hide of fawn and a blanket | | Feathered cap and belt of wampum *obl*; Joyful *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset he=Product from hide=Material | | 2 | **fringe** | participle | | a blanket *not said here* | | | | with feathers | tree rules | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | Little moccasins *not said here* | | | Joyful's pleasant labor | | by Joyful's side and the little hunter in hunter | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at labor=Location | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/10/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)