--- title: Three nights he tarried--the brave Chaskè; Winged were the hours and… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Three nights he tarried--the brave Chaskè; Winged were the hours and they flitted away; On the wings of Wakândee [39] they silently flew, For Wiwâstè had found her a way to woo. Who acts: Three nights, leaves, wings. 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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 (Three nights, leaves, wings), 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:pg8122:7:124 # text = Three nights he tarried--the brave Chaskè; Winged were the hours and they flitted away; On the wings of Wakândee [39] they silently flew, For Wiwâstè had found her a way to woo. 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tarried tarry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Chaskè Chaskè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Winged wing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 flitted flit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 On on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Wakândee Wakândee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 39 39 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 silently silently ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 For for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 woo woo VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tarry** | past | Three nights | the brave Chaskè | | | | star *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **wing** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the Winged hours | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **flit away** | past | leaves *= leaf* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fly** | past | the wings of Wakândee | | | | | leaves *= leaf* *nsubj*; silently *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past · perfect · passive | | Wiwâstè | | | | Wakândee *obj*; a way *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **woo** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/125/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)