--- title: A warrior's shout and a raven's caw-- Circling the pot and the blami… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: A warrior's shout and a raven's caw-- Circling the pot and the blaming fire To the tom-tom's bray and the rude bassoon; Round and round to their heart's desire, And ever the same wild chant and tune-- A warrior's shout and a raven's caw-- "Ha-ha,--ha-ha,--ha-ha,--ha!" 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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 (shout, warrior, raven, tom tom), 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:pg8122:7:10 # text = A warrior's shout and a raven's caw-- Circling the pot and the blaming fire To the tom-tom's bray and the rude bassoon; Round and round to their heart's desire, And ever the same wild chant and tune-- A warrior's shout and a raven's caw-- "Ha-ha,--ha-ha,--ha-ha,--ha!" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 shout shout NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 caw caw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Circling circle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 blaming blame VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 18 To to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 tom tom NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 tom tom NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 bray bray NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 bassoon bassoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 30 Round round ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 round round ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 And and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 chant chant NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 's 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 shout shout NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 's 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 caw caw NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 -- -- PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 58 " " PUNCT `` _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Ha ha INTJ UH _ 74 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ha ha INTJ UH _ 74 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 -- -- PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ha ha INTJ UH _ 74 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ha ha INTJ UH _ 74 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 -- -- PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ha ha INTJ UH _ 74 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 70 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ha ha INTJ UH _ 74 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 -- -- PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ha ha INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ! ! PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **circle** | gerund | a warrior's shout and a raven's caw *not said here* | the pot and the blaming fire | | | | to the tom tom's bray and the rude bassoon | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pot=Co-Theme | | 2 | **blame** | gerund | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shout** | | a warrior | | | | | | nom shout «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **caw** | | a raven | | | | | | nom caw «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **bray** | | the tom tom | | | | | | nom bray «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **desire** | | warriors's heart | | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **shout** | | a warrior | | | | | | nom shout «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **caw** | | a raven | | | | | | nom caw «event 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/11/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)