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title: They feasted on rib of the bison fat, On the tongue of the Ta [41] t… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: They feasted on rib of the bison fat, On the tongue of the Ta [41] that the hunters prize, On the savory flesh of the red Hogân, [42] On sweet tipsânna [43] and pemmican, And the dun-brown cakes of the golden maize; And hour after hour the young chief sat, And feasted his soul on the maiden's eyes. 
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# Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 132

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They feasted on rib of the bison fat, On the tongue of the Ta \[41\] that the hunters prize, On the savory flesh of the red Hogân, \[42\] On sweet tipsânna \[43\] and pemmican, And the dun-brown cakes of the golden maize; And hour after hour the young chief sat, And feasted his soul on the maiden's eyes.

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**Who acts:** lilies, hunters, hour · **What happens:** feast, prize, sit · **To what, where:** brown cakes, savory flesh, soul, eyes

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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 (lilies, hunters, hour), 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:pg8122:7:132
# text = They feasted on rib of the bison fat, On the tongue of the Ta [41] that the hunters prize, On the savory flesh of the red Hogân, [42] On sweet tipsânna [43] and pemmican, And the dun-brown cakes of the golden maize; And hour after hour the young chief sat, And feasted his soul on the maiden's eyes.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feasted	feast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rib	rib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	On	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Ta	Ta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	41	41	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	prize	prize	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	On	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	savory	savory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	Hogân	Hogân	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	42	42	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	27	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	34	punct	_	_
36	On	on	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	tipsânna	tipsânna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
39	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	43	43	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	38	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	40	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	pemmican	pemmican	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
45	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
47	dun	dun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
53	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	maize	maize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	63	punct	_	_
56	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
58	after	after	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
63	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
65	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
66	feasted	feast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	conj	_	_
67	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	68	nmod:poss	_	_
68	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	_
69	on	on	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	's	's	PART	POS	_	71	case	_	_
73	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feast** | past | lilies *= lily* |  |  |  |  | on rib of the bison fat; the tongue of the Ta *parataxis* | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on rib=Patient |
| 2 | **prize** | present | the hunters | the brown cakes of the golden maize |  | the savory flesh of the red Hogân |  | on sweet tipsânna and pemmican | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **sit** | past | hour after hour |  |  |  |  | the young chief *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **feast** | past | hour after hour *not said here* | flesh's soul |  | the maiden's eyes |  |  | 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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