--- title: He turned to the chieftain,--"I scorn the fire,-- Ten feathers I wea… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: He turned to the chieftain,--"I scorn the fire,-- Ten feathers I wear of the great Wanmdeé; Then grant me, Wakâwa, my heart's desire; Let the sunlight shine in my lonely tee. Who acts: Heyóka, Proud Red Cloud, heart. 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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, Proud Red Cloud, 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:pg8122:7:27 # text = He turned to the chieftain,--"I scorn the fire,-- Ten feathers I wear of the great Wanmdeé; Then grant me, Wakâwa, my heart's desire; Let the sunlight shine in my lonely tee. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chieftain chieftain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 scorn scorn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Wanmdeé Wanmdeé PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 grant grant VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Wakâwa Wakâwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 shine shine NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 tee tee NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Heyóka | | | | | to the chieftain | tree rules | | 2 | **scorn** *in a quote* | present | Proud Red Cloud *= cloud* | the fire | | | | Ten feathers *obl* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | | 3 | **wear** *in a quote* | present | Proud Red Cloud *= cloud* | Ten feathers *not said here* | | | | of the great Wanmdeé | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme of wanmdeé=Source | | 4 | **grant** *in a quote* | infinitive | Proud Red Cloud *= cloud* *not said here* | Proud Red Cloud *= cloud* | | | then | Wakâwa *vocative*; my heart's desire *parataxis* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | Heyóka *not said here* | the sunlight shine | | my lonely tee | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shine=Theme | | 6 | **desire** *in a quote* | | my 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/28/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)