--- title: This sobriquet, of which he was proud, descended to his son, Wakínya… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: This sobriquet, of which he was proud, descended to his son, Wakínyan Tânka--Big Thunder, who succeeded him as chief; and from Big Thunder to his son Ta-ó-ya-te-dú-ta, who became chief on the death of Wakínyan Tânka. Who acts: sobriquet, Wakínyan, dú ta. 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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 (sobriquet, Wakínyan, dú ta), 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:pg8122:20:16 # text = This sobriquet, of which he was proud, descended to his son, Wakínyan Tânka--Big Thunder, who succeeded him as chief; and from Big Thunder to his son Ta-ó-ya-te-dú-ta, who became chief on the death of Wakínyan Tânka. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 sobriquet sobriquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Wakínyan Wakínyan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 16 Tânka Tânka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 Thunder Thunder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 30 Thunder Thunder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 Ta Ta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ó ó NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ya ya NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 te te NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 dú dú NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ta ta NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 xcomp _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Wakínyan Wakínyan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 Tânka Tânka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this sobriquet | | | Big to Kâ's son | | which *obl*; Kâ *nsubj*; proud *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **descend** | participle | this sobriquet *not said here* | | | | | to Kâ's son | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to son=Location | | 3 | **succeed** | past | Wakínyan and Big | Kâ | | | | as chief; who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **become** | past | dú ta | chief | | the death of Wakínyan | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **die** | | Wakínyan | | | | | | nom death «event 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/17/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/)