--- title: Then the sullen warrior, the tall Red Cloud, Looked up and spoke and… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Then the sullen warrior, the tall Red Cloud, Looked up and spoke and his voice was loud; But he held his wrath and spoke with care: "Wiwâstè is young, she is proud and fair, But she may not boast of the virgin snows. Who acts: sullen warrior, voice, Cloud, Wiwâstè. 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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 (sullen warrior, voice, Cloud, 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:pg8122:8:28 # text = Then the sullen warrior, the tall Red Cloud, Looked up and spoke and his voice was loud; But he held his wrath and spoke with care: "Wiwâstè is young, she is proud and fair, But she may not boast of the virgin snows. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sullen sullen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 9 Cloud Cloud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 Looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 But but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 parataxis _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 But but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 boast boast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 47 of of SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 virgin virgin NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 snows snow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look up** | past | the sullen warrior the tall Red Cloud | | | | then | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the sullen warrior the tall Red Cloud *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Cloud's voice | | | | | loud *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** | past | Cloud | Cloud's wrath | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrath=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Cloud *not said here* | | | | | with care | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Wiwâstè | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Wiwâstè | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | | Wiwâstè *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **boast** *speech: other* *in a quote* | may | Wiwâstè | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **snow** *in a quote* | present | the virgin | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/29/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/)