--- title: Now Keezís [1021]--the great life-giver, From his wigwam in Waubú-no… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Now Keezís [1021]--the great life-giver, From his wigwam in Waubú-nong [1021] Rose and wrapped his shining blanket Round his giant form and started; Westward started on his journey, Striding on from hill to hill-top. Who acts: Keezís. 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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 (Keezís), 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:pg8122:18:99 # text = Now Keezís [1021]--the great life-giver, From his wigwam in Waubú-nong [1021] Rose and wrapped his shining blanket Round his giant form and started; Westward started on his journey, Striding on from hill to hill-top. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Keezís Keezís PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 3 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 1021 1021 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 From from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 Waubú Waubú PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 nong nong NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 1021 1021 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ _ 23 Rose Rose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:unmarked _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 blanket blanket NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 Round round ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 Westward Westward PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Striding stride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrap** | past | Keezís *not said here* | Keezís's shining blanket | | | | round Keezís's giant form | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blanket=Theme | | 2 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **start** | past | Keezís *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **start** | past | Keezís | | | Keezís's journey | | Westward *nsubj* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **stride** | gerund | Keezís *not said here* | | | hill | | to hill top | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to top=Destination | | 6 | **form** | | Keezís | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **journey** | | Keezís | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/100/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)