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title: She spoke to the chief of the tall Hóhé: "Wiwâstè requests that the… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: She spoke to the chief of the tall Hóhé: "Wiwâstè requests that the brave Chaskè Will abide with his band and his coming delay 'Till the moon when the strawberries are ripe and red, And then will the chief and Wiwâstè wed-- When the Feast of the Virgins is past," she said. Who acts: Kapóza, Wiwâstè,
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 44

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She spoke to the chief of the tall Hóhé: "Wiwâstè requests that the brave Chaskè Will abide with his band and his coming delay 'Till the moon when the strawberries are ripe and red, And then will the chief and Wiwâstè wed-- When the Feast of the Virgins is past," she said.

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**Who acts:** Kapóza, Wiwâstè, brave Chaskè, strawberries, Feast · **What happens:** speak, request, abide, come, be, say · **To what, where:** chief · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kapóza, Wiwâstè, brave Chaskè, strawberries), 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:pg8122:9:44
# text = She spoke to the chief of the tall Hóhé: "Wiwâstè requests that the brave Chaskè Will abide with his band and his coming delay 'Till the moon when the strawberries are ripe and red, And then will the chief and Wiwâstè wed-- When the Feast of the Virgins is past," she said.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Hóhé	Hóhé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Wiwâstè	Wiwâstè	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Chaskè	Chaskè	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	Will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	abide	abide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
25	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	amod	_	_
26	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
27	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	Till	till	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
31	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	35	advmod	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
34	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
35	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	advcl	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
40	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	43	advmod	_	_
41	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	Wiwâstè	Wiwâstè	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	conj	_	_
46	wed	Wednesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
48	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	55	mark	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	Feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nsubj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	Virgins	Virgin	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	_
54	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
55	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	59	punct	_	_
58	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
59	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Kapóza |  |  |  |  | to the chief of the tall Hóhé | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to chief=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **request** *in a quote* | present | Wiwâstè | the chief and Wiwâstè |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **abide** *in a quote* | future | the brave Chaskè |  |  |  | till the moon | with Chaskè's band and Chaskè's coming delay | tree rules |
| 4 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the strawberries |  |  |  |  | ripe *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **be** *in a quote* |  | the strawberries *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Feast of the Virgins |  |  |  |  | past *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Kapóza |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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