--- title: In his hand he holds with a father's care The tender hearts of the m… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: In his hand he holds with a father's care The tender hearts of the motherless; The maid and the mother in sore distress He shields with his love and his tenderness; He comforts the widowed--the comfortless, And sweetens her chalice of bitterness; He clothes the naked--the numberless,-- His charity c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/49/) [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/) / [The Feast of the Virgins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/) / 49 # Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 2, sentence 49 In his hand he holds with a father's care The tender hearts of the motherless; The maid and the mother in sore distress He shields with his love and his tenderness; He comforts the widowed--the comfortless, And sweetens her chalice of bitterness; He clothes the naked--the numberless,-- His charity covers their nakedness,-- And he feeds the famished and fatherless With the hand that feedeth the birds of air. **Who acts:** Chaskè, maid, charity, hand, father · **What happens:** hold, shield, comfort, widow, sweeten, clothes · **To what, where:** hand, chalice, nakedness, birds 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 (Chaskè, maid, charity, hand), 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:pg8122:9:49 # text = In his hand he holds with a father's care The tender hearts of the motherless; The maid and the mother in sore distress He shields with his love and his tenderness; He comforts the widowed--the comfortless, And sweetens her chalice of bitterness; He clothes the naked--the numberless,-- His charity covers their nakedness,-- And he feeds the famished and fatherless With the hand that feedeth the birds of air. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 motherless motherless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 shields shield VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 tenderness tenderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 comforts comfort VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 widowed widow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 comfortless comfortless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 sweetens sweeten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 chalice chalice NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 bitterness bitterness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 50 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 obj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 numberless numberless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 -- -- PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 charity charity NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 covers cover VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 parataxis _ _ 62 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 nakedness nakedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 -- -- PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 And and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 feeds feed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 famished famish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 xcomp _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 fatherless fatherless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 conj _ _ 73 With with ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 76 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 77 nsubj _ _ 77 feedeth feed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 acl:relcl _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obj _ _ 80 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 81 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | Chaskè | | | Chaskè's hand | | with a father's care the tender hearts | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | | 2 | **shield** | present | the maid and the mother in sore distress | | | | | with Chaskè's love and Chaskè's tenderness; Chaskè *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **comfort** | present | Chaskè | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **widow** | participle | Chaskè *not said here* | | | | | | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sweeten** | present | Chaskè *not said here* | maid's chalice of bitterness | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chalice=Patient | | 6 | **clothes** | | Chaskè | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **cover** | present | Chaskè's charity | clothes's nakedness | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nakedness=Destination | | 8 | **feed** | present | Chaskè | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **famish** | participle | Chaskè *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **feed** | present | the hand | | the birds of air | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient | | 11 | **care** | | a father | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **love** | | Chaskè | | | | | | nom love «feeling 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/50/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/)