--- title: The tall Chief, stabbed to the heart, lies low; But his left hand cl… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: The tall Chief, stabbed to the heart, lies low; But his left hand clutches his deadly foe, And his red right clenches the bloody hilt Of his knife in the heart of the slayer dyed. Who acts: tall Chief, left hand, red right, slayer. 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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 (tall Chief, left hand, red right, slayer), 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:pg8122:8:98 # text = The tall Chief, stabbed to the heart, lies low; But his left hand clutches his deadly foe, And his red right clenches the bloody hilt Of his knife in the heart of the slayer dyed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 stabbed stab VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 But but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 clutches clutch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 clenches clench VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 hilt hilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 Of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 slayer slayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 dyed dye VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stab** | participle | | the tall Chief *not said here* | | | | to the heart *result* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to heart=Result | | 2 | **lie** | present | the tall Chief | | | | | low *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **clutch** | present | panther's left hand | panther's deadly foe | | | | | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Theme | | 4 | **clench** | present | panther's red right | the bloody hilt of panther's knife | | | | in the heart | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent hilt=Patient in heart=Topic | | 5 | **dye** | past | the slayer | the heart *not said here* | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/99/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/8/)