--- title: "Wiwâstè," he said, and his voice was low, "Let it be as you will, f… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: "Wiwâstè," he said, and his voice was low, "Let it be as you will, for Wakâwa's tongue Has spoken no promise;--his lips are slow, And the love of a father is deep and strong. Who acts: Wiwâstè, voice, lips, love. 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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 (Wiwâstè, voice, lips, love), 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:pg8122:7:61 # text = "Wiwâstè," he said, and his voice was low, "Let it be as you will, for Wakâwa's tongue Has spoken no promise;--his lips are slow, And the love of a father is deep and strong. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 Wakâwa Wakâwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 Has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 parataxis _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wiwâstè | | | | | heart *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | heart's voice | | | | | low *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | knife | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Wakâwa's tongue | | | | no promise *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | heart's lips | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the love of a father | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | | heart's lips *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **love** *in a quote* | | | a father | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/62/) - ↑ back to [Heyóka Wacípee \[16\]--the Giant's Dance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/7/)