--- title: He's a worker of magic and wonderful wise; He cries when he laughs a… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: He's a worker of magic and wonderful wise; He cries when he laughs and he laughs when he cries; He sweats when he's cold, and he shivers when hot, And the water is cold in his boiling pot. Who acts: Heyóka, water. 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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 (Heyóka, water), 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:pg8122:7:15 # text = He's a worker of magic and wonderful wise; He cries when he laughs and he laughs when he cries; He sweats when he's cold, and he shivers when hot, And the water is cold in his boiling pot. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 worker worker NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 19 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sweats sweat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 when when SCONJ WRB _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 shivers shiver VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 34 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 boiling boiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Heyóka | a worker | | | | of magic | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Heyóka | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **laugh** | present | Heyóka | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **laugh** | present | Heyóka | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Heyóka | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sweat** | present | Heyóka | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | Heyóka | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **shiver** | present | Heyóka | | | | | hot *property* | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** | present | the water | | | Heyóka's boiling pot | | cold *property* | tree rules | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/16/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)