--- title: July--Wa-sun-pa-wee--moon when the geese shed their feathers, also c… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: July--Wa-sun-pa-wee--moon when the geese shed their feathers, also called Chang-pâ-sapa-wee--Choke-Cherry moon, and sometimes--Mna-rchâ-rhca-wee--"The moon of the red blooming lilies", literally, the red-lily moon. Who acts: geese, Mna. 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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 (geese, Mna), 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:pg8122:21:91 # text = July--Wa-sun-pa-wee--moon when the geese shed their feathers, also called Chang-pâ-sapa-wee--Choke-Cherry moon, and sometimes--Mna-rchâ-rhca-wee--"The moon of the red blooming lilies", literally, the red-lily moon. 1 July July PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 -- -- PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Wa Wa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 pa pa NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 wee wee NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 shed shed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 also also ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 21 Chang Chang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 pâ pâ NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 sapa sapa NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 wee wee NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Choke choke NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Cherry Cherry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 35 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Mna Mna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 rchâ rchâ NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 rhca rhca NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 wee wee NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 blooming blooming NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 55 literally literally ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 58 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 lily lily NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shed** | past | the geese | rhee's feathers | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location feather=Source | | 2 | **call** | participle | | pâ Cherry moon | | | | Chang *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wee** | | Mna | | | | | the moon of the red blooming lilies *conj*; sometimes *property* | tree rules | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/92/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/)