--- title: Three times Wakâwa puffed forth the smoke From his silent lips; then… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Three times Wakâwa puffed forth the smoke From his silent lips; then he slowly spoke: "Mâhpíya is strong as the stout-armed oak That stands on the bluff by the windy plain, And laughs at the roar of the hurricane. Who acts: Wakâwa, Mâhpíya, That, hurricane. 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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 (Wakâwa, Mâhpíya, That, hurricane), 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:pg8122:7:32 # text = Three times Wakâwa puffed forth the smoke From his silent lips; then he slowly spoke: "Mâhpíya is strong as the stout-armed oak That stands on the bluff by the windy plain, And laughs at the roar of the hurricane. 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 Wakâwa Wakâwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 puffed puff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 forth forth ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 From from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Mâhpíya Mâhpíya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 stout stout ADJ NN Degree=Pos 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 28 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bluff bluff NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 windy windy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 hurricane hurricane NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **puff** | past | Wakâwa | the smoke | | Wakâwa's silent lips | time | forth *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Wakâwa | | | | then | slowly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mâhpíya | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | That | | | the bluff | | as the armed oak; by the windy plain | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bluff=Location | | 5 | **laugh** *in a quote* | present | | | | the roar of the hurricane | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **roar** *in a quote* | | the hurricane | | | | | | nom roar «event intransitive»: of=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/33/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)