--- title: For the meat and the water, they say, are cold, And great is Heyóka… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: For the meat and the water, they say, are cold, And great is Heyóka and wonderful wise; He floats on the flood and he walks in the skies, And ever appears in a strange disguise; But he loves the brave and their sacrifice; And the warrior that scorneth the foe and fire Heyóka will crown with his hear --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the Northwest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/) / [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/) / 20 # Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 20 For the meat and the water, they say, are cold, And great is Heyóka and wonderful wise; He floats on the flood and he walks in the skies, And ever appears in a strange disguise; But he loves the brave and their sacrifice; And the warrior that scorneth the foe and fire Heyóka will crown with his heart's desire. **Who acts:** warriors, Heyóka, warrior, heart · **What happens:** say, be, float, walk, appear, love · **To what, where:** great Heyóka, flood, skies, strange disguise, brave, foe · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (warriors, Heyóka, warrior, heart), 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:pg8122:7:20 # text = For the meat and the water, they say, are cold, And great is Heyóka and wonderful wise; He floats on the flood and he walks in the skies, And ever appears in a strange disguise; But he loves the brave and their sacrifice; And the warrior that scorneth the foe and fire Heyóka will crown with his heart's desire. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 Heyóka Heyóka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 floats float VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 advmod _ _ 36 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 42 But but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 obj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 51 And and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 54 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 55 scorneth scorn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 acl:relcl _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 60 Heyóka Heyóka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 61 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 crown crown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 63 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 66 's 's PART POS _ 65 case _ _ 67 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | warriors *= warrior* | | | | | for the meat and the water | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | | great Heyóka | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **float** | present | Heyóka | | | the flood | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on flood=Trajectory | | 5 | **walk** | present | Heyóka | | | the skies | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Trajectory | | 6 | **appear** | present | Heyóka *not said here* | | | a strange disguise | ever | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in disguise=Location | | 7 | **love** | present | Heyóka | the brave and warriors's sacrifice | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brave=Stimulus | | 8 | **scorn** | present | the warrior | the foe and fire | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Theme | | 9 | **crown** | future | the warrior | | | | | with Heyóka's heart's desire; Heyóka *nsubj* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with desire=Theme | | 10 | **sacrifice** | | warriors *= warrior* | | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **desire** | | Heyóka's heart | | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/21/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)