--- title: Mah-pí-ya Dúta will listen to me I love him well,--I have loved him… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Mah-pí-ya Dúta will listen to me I love him well,--I have loved him long: A woman is weak, but a warrior is strong, And a lovelorn brave is a scorn to see. Who acts: Mah pí ya, I, woman, warrior. 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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 (Mah pí ya, I, woman, warrior), 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:pg8122:7:119 # text = Mah-pí-ya Dúta will listen to me I love him well,--I have loved him long: A woman is weak, but a warrior is strong, And a lovelorn brave is a scorn to see. 1 Mah Mah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 pí pí NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ya ya NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 Dúta Dúta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 lovelorn lovelorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | future | Mah pí ya | | me | | | Dúta *nsubj* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to i=Theme | | 2 | **love** | present | I | Dúta | | | | well *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **love** | present · perfect | I | Dúta | | | | long *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | a woman | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | a warrior | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | a lovelorn | a scorn | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | a woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/120/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)