--- title: My Father, listen,--my words are true," And sad was her voice as the… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: My Father, listen,--my words are true," And sad was her voice as the whippowil When she mourns her mate by the moon-lit rill, "Wiwâstè lingers alone with you, The rest are sleeping on yonder hill,-- Save one--and he an undutiful son,-- And you, my Father, will sit alone When Sisóka [27] sings and th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/51/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the Northwest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/) / [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/) / 51 # Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 51 My Father, listen,--my words are true," And sad was her voice as the whippowil When she mourns her mate by the moon-lit rill, "Wiwâstè lingers alone with you, The rest are sleeping on yonder hill,-- Save one--and he an undutiful son,-- And you, my Father, will sit alone When Sisóka \[27\] sings and the snow is gone. **Who acts:** words, Father, foe, Wiwâstè, rest, you · **What happens:** listen, be, mourn, lit, linger, sleep · **To what, where:** voice, mate, hill, one · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (words, Father, foe, Wiwâstè), 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:pg8122:7:51 # text = My Father, listen,--my words are true," And sad was her voice as the whippowil When she mourns her mate by the moon-lit rill, "Wiwâstè lingers alone with you, The rest are sleeping on yonder hill,-- Save one--and he an undutiful son,-- And you, my Father, will sit alone When Sisóka [27] sings and the snow is gone. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 13 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 whippowil whippowil NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 mourns mourn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 rill rill NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 lingers linger VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 36 alone alone ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 Save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 50 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 undutiful undutiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 -- -- PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 59 And and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 65 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 parataxis _ _ 67 alone alone ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 68 When when SCONJ WRB _ 73 mark _ _ 69 Sisóka Sisóka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 70 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 27 27 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 69 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 71 punct _ _ 73 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 advcl _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nsubj _ _ 77 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 78 cop _ _ 78 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | my words | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | | my words *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | My Father | foe's voice and a undutiful son | | | | as the whippowil; foe *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **mourn** *in a quote* | present | foe | foe's mate | | | | by the lit rill | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mate=Stimulus | | 6 | **lit** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | moon *compound* | tree rules | | 7 | **linger** | present | Wiwâstè | | | | | with you; alone *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sleep** | present · progressive | the rest | | | hill | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **save** | infinitive | the rest *not said here* | one | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 10 | **son** | | Father | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **sit** | future | you | | | | | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Sisóka | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 13 | **is** | present | the snow | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **word** | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/52/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)