--- title: Ah, little he cared for the bison-chase; For the red lilies bloomed… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Ah, little he cared for the bison-chase; For the red lilies bloomed on the fair maid's face; Ah, little he cared for the winds that blew, For Wiwâstè had found her a way to woo. Who acts: star, winds. 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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 (star, winds), 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:pg8122:7:125 # text = Ah, little he cared for the bison-chase; For the red lilies bloomed on the fair maid's face; Ah, little he cared for the winds that blew, For Wiwâstè had found her a way to woo. 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 bison bison NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 For for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 16 bloomed bloom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 cared care VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 For for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 woo woo VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **care** | past | star | | | | | for the bison chase; for the red lilies; little *property* | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for chase=Theme | | 2 | **bloom** | participle | | the red lilies *not said here* | | the fair maid's face | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on face=Location | | 3 | **care** | past | star | | | | | for the winds; little *property* | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for wind=Theme | | 4 | **blow** | past | the winds | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **find** | past · perfect · passive | | Wiwâstè | | | | maid *obj*; a way *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/126/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)