--- title: Proud was the chief of his warriors proud, The sinewy sons of the Gi… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Proud was the chief of his warriors proud, The sinewy sons of the Giant's race; But the bravest of all was the tall Red Cloud; The eyes of the panther were set in his face; He strode like a stag and he stood like a pine; Ten feathers he wore at the great Wanmdeé; [13] With crimsoned quills of the po --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/21/) [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/) / 21 # Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 21 Proud was the chief of his warriors proud, The sinewy sons of the Giant's race; But the bravest of all was the tall Red Cloud; The eyes of the panther were set in his face; He strode like a stag and he stood like a pine; Ten feathers he wore at the great Wanmdeé; \[13\] With crimsoned quills of the porcupine His leggins were worked to his brawny knee. **Who acts:** Proud, chief, porcupine · **What happens:** be, set, stride, stand, wear, crimson · **To what, where:** chief, tall Red Cloud, eyes, face, Ten feathers, great Wanmdeé 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 (Proud, chief, porcupine), 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:pg8122:7:21 # text = Proud was the chief of his warriors proud, The sinewy sons of the Giant's race; But the bravest of all was the tall Red Cloud; The eyes of the panther were set in his face; He strode like a stag and he stood like a pine; Ten feathers he wore at the great Wanmdeé; [13] With crimsoned quills of the porcupine His leggins were worked to his brawny knee. 1 Proud Proud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 sinewy sinewy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 But but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 bravest brave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 obl _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 flat _ _ 28 Cloud Cloud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 30 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 49 like like ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 53 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 57 at at ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 Wanmdeé Wanmdeé PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 13 13 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 63 punct _ _ 65 With with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 crimsoned crimson VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 amod _ _ 67 quills quill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 porcupine porcupine NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 71 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 leggins leggin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 73 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 aux:pass _ _ 74 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 70 acl:relcl _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 78 nmod:poss _ _ 77 brawny brawny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Proud | the chief and the sinewy sons of the Giant race | | | | of Proud's warriors; the sinewy sons of the Giant race *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Proud *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the tall Red Cloud | | | | of all | tree rules | | 4 | **set** | past · passive | the chief and the sinewy sons of the Giant race *not said here* | the eyes of the panther | | Proud's face | | with crimsoned quills of the porcupine; 13 *parataxis* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in face=Destination | | 5 | **stride** | past | Proud | | | | | like a stag | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | past | Proud | Ten feathers | | | | like a pine | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wear** | past | Proud | Ten feathers *not said here* | | the great Wanmdeé | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Source | | 8 | **crimson** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **work** | past · passive | the porcupine *not said here* | Proud's leggins | | | | to Proud's brawny knee | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/22/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)