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title: "My Father," she said, and her words were low, "Why should I fear? f… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: "My Father," she said, and her words were low, "Why should I fear? for I soon will go To the broad, blue lodge in the Spirit land, Where my dark eyed mother went long ago, And my dear twin sisters walk hand in hand. Who acts: Father, words, dark, mother. A sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by H
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# Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 50

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"My Father," she said, and her words were low, "Why should I fear? for I soon will go To the broad, blue lodge in the Spirit land, Where my dark eyed mother went long ago, And my dear twin sisters walk hand in hand.

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**Who acts:** Father, words, dark, mother, dear twin sisters, foe · **What happens:** say, be, fear, go, eye, walk · **To what, where:** broad blue lodge, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Father, words, dark, mother), 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:pg8122:7:50
# text = "My Father," she said, and her words were low, "Why should I fear? for I soon will go To the broad, blue lodge in the Spirit land, Where my dark eyed mother went long ago, And my dear twin sisters walk hand in hand.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
17	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	fear	fear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
21	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
22	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
23	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	25	advmod	_	_
24	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
26	To	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
28	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
30	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
37	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	40	advmod	_	_
38	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
40	eyed	eye	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	parataxis	_	_
41	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
42	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	ccomp	_	_
43	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	44	advmod	_	_
44	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
46	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
47	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
48	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
49	twin	twin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
50	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nsubj	_	_
51	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
52	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | My Father |  |  |  |  | foe *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | foe's words |  |  |  |  | low *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fear** *in a quote* | should | My Father *= father* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | future | My Father *= father* |  |  | the broad blue lodge in the Spirit land |  | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lodge=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **eye** *in a quote* | past | my dark |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **go** *in a quote* | past | mother |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **walk** *in a quote* | present | my dear twin sisters | hand |  | hand |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in hand=Trajectory |
| 8 | **word** |  | foe |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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