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title: The proud Red Cloud will revenge his wrong Let the brave be patient,… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: The proud Red Cloud will revenge his wrong Let the brave be patient, it is not long Till the leaves be green on the maple tree, And the Feast of the Virgins is then to be;-- The Feast of the Virgins is then to be!" Who acts: Revenge, leaves, Feast. A sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford
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# Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 122

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The proud Red Cloud will revenge his wrong Let the brave be patient, it is not long Till the leaves be green on the maple tree, And the Feast of the Virgins is then to be;-- The Feast of the Virgins is then to be!"

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**Who acts:** Revenge, leaves, Feast · **What happens:** let, be, not be · **To what, where:** maple tree, proud Red Cloud

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Revenge, leaves, Feast), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:7:122
# text = The proud Red Cloud will revenge his wrong Let the brave be patient, it is not long Till the leaves be green on the maple tree, And the Feast of the Virgins is then to be;-- The Feast of the Virgins is then to be!"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
4	Cloud	Cloud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	patient	patient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
19	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	cop	_	_
23	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	advcl	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	maple	maple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Virgins	Virgin	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
36	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	38	advmod	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	Feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Virgins	Virgin	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	_
46	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	cop	_	_
47	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	49	advmod	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | patient *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | Revenge |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | infinitive | the leaves |  |  | the maple tree |  | green *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | present | Revenge *not said here* |  |  |  | then | be *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | present | the Feast of the Virgins |  |  |  | then | be *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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