Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 26

Brave Wazi-Kuté is a man, and his heart is as clear as the sun-light; But the head of a treacherous clan, and a snake in the bush is Tamdóka," Said the chief; and he promised Duluth, on the word of a friend and a warrior, To carry the pipe and the truth to his cousin, the chief at Kathága; For thrice at the Tânka Medé had he smoked in the lodge of the Frenchman; And thrice had he carried away the bountiful gifts of the trader.

Who acts: you, Wazi, heart, snake, head, thrice · What happens: brave, be, say, promise, carry, have · To what, where: man, Tamdóka, chief, Duluth, word, pipe · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Wazi, heart, snake), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brave	brave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Wazi	Wazi	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 man	nsubj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Wazi	punct
4	Kuté	Kuté	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Wazi	flat
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 man	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Brave	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 clear	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 clear	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 heart	nmod:poss
11	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 clear	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 clear	cop
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 clear	advmod
14	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Brave	conj
15	as	as	ADP	_	19 light	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 light	det
17	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 light	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 sun	punct
19	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 clear	obl
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 Said	punct
21	But	but	CCONJ	_	23 head	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 head	det
23	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 Said	nsubj
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 clan	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 clan	det
26	treacherous	treacherous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 clan	amod
27	clan	clan	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 head	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 Tamdóka	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 Tamdóka	cc
30	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 snake	det
31	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 Tamdóka	nsubj
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 bush	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 bush	det
34	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 snake	nmod
35	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 Tamdóka	cop
36	Tamdóka	Tamdóka	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 clan	appos
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 Tamdóka	punct
38	"	"	PUNCT	_	36 Tamdóka	punct
39	Said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Brave	parataxis
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 chief	det
41	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 Said	obj
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 promised	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 promised	cc
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 promised	nsubj
45	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 Said	conj
46	Duluth	Duluth	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 promised	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 word	punct
48	on	on	ADP	_	50 word	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 word	det
50	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 promised	obl
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 friend	case
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 friend	det
53	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 word	nmod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 warrior	cc
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 warrior	det
56	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 friend	conj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 carry	punct
58	To	to	PART	_	59 carry	mark
59	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 promised	conj
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 pipe	det
61	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 carry	obj
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 truth	cc
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 truth	det
64	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 pipe	conj
65	to	to	ADP	_	67 cousin	case
66	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 cousin	nmod:poss
67	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 carry	obl
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 chief	punct
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 chief	det
70	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 cousin	appos
71	at	at	ADP	_	72 Kathága	case
72	Kathága	Kathága	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 chief	nmod
73	;	;	PUNCT	_	80 had	punct
74	For	for	ADP	_	75 thrice	case
75	thrice	thrice	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 had	obl
76	at	at	ADP	_	79 Medé	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 Medé	det
78	Tânka	Tânka	PROPN	Number=Sing	79 Medé	compound
79	Medé	Medé	PROPN	Number=Sing	75 thrice	nmod
80	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Brave	parataxis
81	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 had	obj
82	smoked	smoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	80 had	xcomp
83	in	in	ADP	_	85 lodge	case
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 lodge	det
85	lodge	lodge	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 smoked	obl
86	of	of	ADP	_	88 Frenchman	case
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 Frenchman	det
88	Frenchman	frenchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 lodge	nmod
89	;	;	PUNCT	_	92 had	punct
90	And	and	CCONJ	_	92 had	cc
91	thrice	thrice	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 had	nsubj
92	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 had	conj
93	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 carried	nsubj
94	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	92 had	ccomp
95	away	away	ADV	_	94 carried	advmod
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 gifts	det
97	bountiful	bountiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	98 gifts	amod
98	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	94 carried	obj
99	of	of	ADP	_	101 trader	case
100	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	101 trader	det
101	trader	trader	NOUN	Number=Sing	98 gifts	nmod
102	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Brave	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	brave	imperative	you not said here					tree rules
2	is a	present	Wazi	a man				tree rules
3	is	present	Wazi's heart				as the sun light; clear property	tree rules
4	is a	present	a snake in the bush	Tamdóka				tree rules
5	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the head of a treacherous clan	the chief				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chief=Topic
6	promise speech: promise in a quote	past	snake		Duluth	the word of a friend and a warrior		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent duluth=Theme
7	carry in a quote	to-infinitive	snake not said here	the pipe and the truth		Wazi's cousin		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pipe=Theme to cousin=Destination
8	have in a quote	past		Wazi			for thrice at the Tânka Medé	tree rules
9	smoke in a quote	participle	Wazi not said here			the lodge of the Frenchman		vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	have in a quote	past	thrice					tree rules
11	carry away in a quote	past	thrice	the bountiful gifts of the trader			away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme
12	word in a quote			a friend and a warrior				nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient
13	gift in a quote			the trader				nom gift «possession transitive»: of=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.

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Legends of the Northwest, The Feast of the Virgins., part 6, sentence 26