--- title: A Thunder-bird (say the Dakotas) was once killed near Kapóza by the… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: A Thunder-bird (say the Dakotas) was once killed near Kapóza by the son of Cetan-Wakawa-mâni, and he there upon took the name of "Wakínyan Tanka"--"Big Thunder."] Who acts: son. 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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 (son), 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:pg8122:20:124 # text = A Thunder-bird (say the Dakotas) was once killed near Kapóza by the son of Cetan-Wakawa-mâni, and he there upon took the name of "Wakínyan Tanka"--"Big Thunder."] 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Dakotas Dakotas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 advmod _ _ 12 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 near near ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Kapóza Kapóza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Cetan Cetan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Wakawa Wakawa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 mâni mâni NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 conj _ _ 28 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Wakínyan Wakínyan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 Tanka Tanka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 flat _ _ 40 Thunder Thunder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | the Dakotas | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dakotas=Topic | | 2 | **kill** | past · passive | the son of Cetan and Wakawa | a Thunder bird | | Kapóza | | Big Thunder *parataxis*; once *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past | the son of Cetan and Wakawa *not said here* | the name of Wakínyan | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 4 | **name** | | | Wakínyan | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/125/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/)