--- title: In the wigwam sat the Red Fox, Sat and sang a song of triumph, For s… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: In the wigwam sat the Red Fox, Sat and sang a song of triumph, For she little dreamed of danger, Till the haughty hunter entered, Followed by the happy mother, Holding in her arms her infant. Who acts: Fox, haughty hunter, triumph. 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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 (Fox, haughty hunter, triumph), 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:pg8122:19:57 # text = In the wigwam sat the Red Fox, Sat and sang a song of triumph, For she little dreamed of danger, Till the haughty hunter entered, Followed by the happy mother, Holding in her arms her infant. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 7 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Sat Saturday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 For for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 20 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 Till till SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 haughty haughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 infant infant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | | the Red Fox and Sat | | the wigwam | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme in wigwam=Location | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | | a song of triumph | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 3 | **dream** | past | Fox | | | | | of danger; little *property* | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **enter** | past | the haughty hunter | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | participle | the haughty hunter *not said here* | | | | | by the happy mother | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by mother=Location | | 6 | **hold** | gerund | the haughty hunter *not said here* | hunter's infant | | hunter's arms | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent infant=Theme in arm=Location | | 7 | **sing** | | triumph | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/58/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/19/)