--- title: Each one will worship some of these divinities, and neglect or despi… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Each one will worship some of these divinities, and neglect or despise others, but the great object of all their worship, whatever its chosen medium, is the _Ta-koo Wa-kan_, which is the _supernatural_ and _mysterious_. Who acts: one, Ta koo, others. 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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 (one, Ta koo, others), 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:pg8122:21:106 # text = Each one will worship some of these divinities, and neglect or despise others, but the great object of all their worship, whatever its chosen medium, is the _Ta-koo Wa-kan_, which is the _supernatural_ and _mysterious_. 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 worship worship VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 divinities divinity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 neglect neglect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 despise despise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 14 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 worship worship NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 medium medium NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Ta Ta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 koo koo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 36 Wa Wa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 kan kan X FW Foreign=Yes 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 _ _ ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 supernatural supernatural NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 45 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 48 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **worship** | future | each one | some of this divinities | | | | the great object of others's worship whatever faith's chosen medium *obl* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer some=Stimulus | | 2 | **neglect** | infinitive | each one *not said here* | | | | | | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **despise** | infinitive | each one *not said here* | others | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus | | 4 | **choose** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | present | | the Ta koo | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | the Ta koo | the \_ supernatural | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **worship** | | others *= other* | | | | | | nom worship «act intransitive»: 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/107/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/)