--- title: Spoke the mother to the Raven: "O my son--my brave young hunter, Fee… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Spoke the mother to the Raven: "O my son--my brave young hunter, Feed my tender little orphan; Be a father to my orphan; Be a mother to my orphan,-- For the Crafty Red Fox robbed us,-- Robbed the Sea-Gull of her husband, Robbed the infant of her mother. Who acts: Crafty Red Fox. 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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 (Crafty Red Fox), 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:pg8122:19:32 # text = Spoke the mother to the Raven: "O my son--my brave young hunter, Feed my tender little orphan; Be a father to my orphan; Be a mother to my orphan,-- For the Crafty Red Fox robbed us,-- Robbed the Sea-Gull of her husband, Robbed the infant of her mother. 1 Spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 O o INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 14 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 20 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 orphan orphan NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 advcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 orphan orphan NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 orphan orphan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 For for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 Crafty Crafty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 flat _ _ 43 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 robbed rob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 45 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 Robbed rob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Gull Gull PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 Robbed rob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 infant infant NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | | the mother | | | | to the Raven; my son and my brave young hunter *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **feed** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | my tender little orphan | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orphan=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a father | | | | to my orphan | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a mother | | | | to my orphan | tree rules | | 5 | **rob** *in a quote* | past | the Crafty Red Fox | us | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Source | | 6 | **rob** *in a quote* | participle | the Crafty Red Fox *not said here* | the Sea Gull of mother's husband | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gull=Source | | 7 | **rob** *in a quote* | participle | the Crafty Red Fox *not said here* | the infant of mother's mother | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent infant=Source | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/33/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/)