--- title: [19] I laugh at red death and I laugh at red fire; Brave Red Cloud i… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: [19] I laugh at red death and I laugh at red fire; Brave Red Cloud is only afraid of fear; But Wiwâstè is fair to his heart and dear; Then grant him, Wakâwa, his heart's desire." Who acts: I, Brave Red Cloud, Wiwâstè, 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 (I, Brave Red Cloud, Wiwâstè, 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:pg8122:7:28 # text = [19] I laugh at red death and I laugh at red fire; Brave Red Cloud is only afraid of fear; But Wiwâstè is fair to his heart and dear; Then grant him, Wakâwa, his heart's desire." 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 19 19 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 Brave Brave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ _ 18 Cloud Cloud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 But but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 grant grant VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Wakâwa Wakâwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | I | | | red death | | 19 *discourse* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **laugh** | present | I | | | red fire | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | Brave Red Cloud | | | | | of fear; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | Wiwâstè | | | | | to fire's heart; fair *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | Wiwâstè *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **grant** | infinitive | I *not said here* | fire | | | then | Wakâwa *vocative*; fire's heart's desire *parataxis* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **desire** | | fire'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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/29/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)