--- title: [Footnote 1024: The Ne-be-naw-baigs, are Water-spirits; they dwell i… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: [Footnote 1024: The Ne-be-naw-baigs, are Water-spirits; they dwell in caverns in the depths of the lake, and in some respects resemble the Unktéhees of the Dakotas.] Who acts: Ne, Footnote, respects. 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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 (Ne, Footnote, respects), 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:pg8122:23:49 # text = [Footnote 1024: The Ne-be-naw-baigs, are Water-spirits; they dwell in caverns in the depths of the lake, and in some respects resemble the Unktéhees of the Dakotas.] 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Footnote footnote NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 1024 1024 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 5 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 6 Ne Ne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 naw naw NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 baigs baig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 caverns cavern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 resemble resemble VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Unktéhees Unktéhees PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Dakotas dakota NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | infinitive | Ne | the naw baigs and Water spirits | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | Ne *not said here* | Water spirits | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **dwell** | present | Footnote | | | caverns in the depths of the lake | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cavern=Location | | 4 | **resemble** | present | some respects | the Unktéhees of the Dakotas | | | | | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/23/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/23/50/) - ↑ back to [Footnotes to the Sea-gull:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/23/)