--- title: [65] "Mitâwin," [66] he said, and his voice was low, "Thy father no… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: [65] "Mitâwin," [66] he said, and his voice was low, "Thy father no more is the false Little Crow; But the fairest plume shall Wiwâstè wear Of the great Wanmdeè [13] in her midnight hair. Who acts: Mitâwin, voice, fairest plume. 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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 (Mitâwin, voice, fairest plume), 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:pg8122:9:55 # text = [65] "Mitâwin," [66] he said, and his voice was low, "Thy father no more is the false Little Crow; But the fairest plume shall Wiwâstè wear Of the great Wanmdeè [13] in her midnight hair. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 65 65 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Mitâwin Mitâwin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 66 66 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 no no ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 29 advmod _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 31 But but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 fairest fair ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 plume plume NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 Wiwâstè Wiwâstè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 wear wear NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 38 Of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 Wanmdeè Wanmdeè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 13 13 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 43 punct _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mitâwin | 65 Mitâwin | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Mitâwin's voice | | | | | Thy father *obl*; low *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the false Little Crow | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wear** *in a quote* | shall | the fairest plume | | | plume's midnight hair | | of the great Wanmdeè | tree rules | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/56/) - ↑ back to [The Feast of the Virgins., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/9/)