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title: For the feast of Heyóka [22] the braves are dressed With crowns from… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: For the feast of Heyóka [22] the braves are dressed With crowns from the bark of the white-birch trees, And new skin leggins that reach the knees; With robes of the bison and swarthy bear, And eagle-plumes in their coal-black hair, And marvelous rings in their tawny ears, Which were pierced with the
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# Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 5

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For the feast of Heyóka \[22\] the braves are dressed With crowns from the bark of the white-birch trees, And new skin leggins that reach the knees; With robes of the bison and swarthy bear, And eagle-plumes in their coal-black hair, And marvelous rings in their tawny ears, Which were pierced with the points of their shining spears.

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**Who acts:** new skin leggins · **What happens:** dress, reach, pierce, shine, point · **To what, where:** braves, bark, knees, tawny ears, shining spears

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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 (new skin leggins), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:7:5
# text = For the feast of Heyóka [22] the braves are dressed With crowns from the bark of the white-birch trees, And new skin leggins that reach the knees; With robes of the bison and swarthy bear, And eagle-plumes in their coal-black hair, And marvelous rings in their tawny ears, Which were pierced with the points of their shining spears.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Heyóka	Heyóka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	22	22	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	braves	brave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	With	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	crowns	crown	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
20	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
26	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
27	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	leggins	leggin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
29	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
30	reach	reach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
34	With	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	bison	bison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	swarthy	swarthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	plumes	plume	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
48	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
49	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
54	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	marvelous	marvelous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
59	tawny	tawny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
62	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	64	nsubj:pass	_	_
63	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	aux:pass	_	_
64	pierced	pierce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	60	conj	_	_
65	with	with	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	64	obl	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
69	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	71	nmod:poss	_	_
70	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	71	amod	_	_
71	spears	spear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | present · passive |  | the braves |  | the bark of the white birch trees |  | for the feast of Heyóka; with crowns; with robes of the bison and swarthy bear and eagle plumes in braves's black hair and marvelous rings in braves's tawny ears; new skin leggins *obl* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **reach** | present | new skin leggins | the knees |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent knee=Theme |
| 3 | **pierce** | past · passive |  | braves's tawny ears |  |  |  | with the points of braves's shining spears | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with point=Instrument |
| 4 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **point** |  |  | braves's shining spears |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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