--- title: The _Ta-sha-ke_--literally, "Deer-hoofs"--is a rattle made by hangin… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The _Ta-sha-ke_--literally, "Deer-hoofs"--is a rattle made by hanging the hard segments of deer-hoofs to a wooden rod a foot long--about an inch in diameter at the handle end, and tapering to a point at the other. Who acts: 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 (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:pg8122:21:162 # text = The _Ta-sha-ke_--literally, "Deer-hoofs"--is a rattle made by hanging the hard segments of deer-hoofs to a wooden rod a foot long--about an inch in diameter at the handle end, and tapering to a point at the other. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Ta Ta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 sha sha X FW _ 3 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ke ke X FW Foreign=Yes 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 -- -- PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 literally literally ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 hoofs hoof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rattle rattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 21 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 by by SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 segments segment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 hoofs hoof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 about about ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 diameter diameter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 handle handle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 tapering taper VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Ta | a rattle | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | participle | | a rattle *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **hang** | gerund | | the hard segments of deer hoofs | | | | to a wooden rod *result*; about a inch in diameter at the handle end | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent segment=Patient to rod=Result | | 4 | **taper** | gerund | | | | the other | | to a point | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/161/) - next →: [sentence 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/163/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/)