--- title: Then he spake again, and his voice was low, But I heard the answer o… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Then he spake again, and his voice was low, But I heard the answer of Little Crow: "Let it be as you will, for Wakâwa's tongue Has spoken no promise,--his lips are slow, And the love of a father is deep and strong." Who acts: heart, voice, I, lips. 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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 (heart, voice, I, lips), 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:pg8122:7:114 # text = Then he spake again, and his voice was low, But I heard the answer of Little Crow: "Let it be as you will, for Wakâwa's tongue Has spoken no promise,--his lips are slow, And the love of a father is deep and strong." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spake speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 Wakâwa Wakâwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 Has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 parataxis _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 44 And and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | heart | | | | then; again | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | heart's voice | | | | | low *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | past | I | the answer of Little Crow | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus | | 4 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | answer | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Wakâwa's tongue | | | | no promise *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | heart's lips | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the love of a father | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | | the love of a father *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **answer** | | | Little Crow | | | | | nom answer «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **love** *in a quote* | | | a father | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/115/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)