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Legends of the Northwest, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance., sentence 27

He turned to the chieftain,--"I scorn the fire,-- Ten feathers I wear of the great Wanmdeé; Then grant me, Wakâwa, my heart's desire; Let the sunlight shine in my lonely tee.

Who acts: Heyóka, Proud Red Cloud, heart · What happens: turn, scorn, wear, grant, let, desire · To what, where: fire, Ten feathers, Proud Red Cloud, sunlight shine, lonely tee · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, Heyóka Wacípee [16]--the Giant's Dance.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Heyóka, Proud Red Cloud, heart), 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

nsubjcasedetoblpunctpunctpunctnsubjparataxisdetobjpunctpunctnummodoblnsubjacl:relclcasedetamodoblpunctadvmodconjobjpunctvocativepunctnmod:possnmod:posscaseparataxispunctconjdetcompoundobjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootHePRONturnedVERBtoADPtheDETchieftainNOUN,PUNCT--PUNCT"PUNCTIPRONscornVERBtheDETfireNOUN,PUNCT--PUNCTTenNUMfeathersNOUNIPRONwearVERBofADPtheDETgreatADJWanmdeéPROPN;PUNCTThenADVgrantVERBmePRON,PUNCTWakâwaPROPN,PUNCTmyPRONheartNOUN'sPARTdesireNOUN;PUNCTLetVERBtheDETsunlightNOUNshineNOUNinADPmyPRONlonelyADJteeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 turnednsubj
2turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoADP_5 chieftaincase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 chieftaindet
5chieftainchieftainNOUNNumber=Sing2 turnedobl
6,,PUNCT_10 scornpunct
7----PUNCT_10 scornpunct
8""PUNCT_10 scornpunct
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 scornnsubj
10scornscornVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 turnedparataxis
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 firedet
12firefireNOUNNumber=Sing10 scornobj
13,,PUNCT_16 featherspunct
14----PUNCT_16 featherspunct
15TentenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card16 feathersnummod
16feathersfeatherNOUNNumber=Plur10 scornobl
17IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs18 wearnsubj
18wearwearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 feathersacl:relcl
19ofofADP_22 Wanmdeécase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 Wanmdeédet
21greatgreatADJDegree=Pos22 Wanmdeéamod
22WanmdeéWanmdeéPROPNNumber=Sing18 wearobl
23;;PUNCT_25 grantpunct
24ThenthenADVPronType=Dem25 grantadvmod
25grantgrantVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin10 scornconj
26meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs25 grantobj
27,,PUNCT_28 Wakâwapunct
28WakâwaWakâwaPROPNNumber=Sing25 grantvocative
29,,PUNCT_33 desirepunct
30mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 heartnmod:poss
31heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing33 desirenmod:poss
32's'sPART_31 heartcase
33desiredesireNOUNNumber=Sing25 grantparataxis
34;;PUNCT_35 Letpunct
35LetletVERBVerbForm=Inf2 turnedconj
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 shinedet
37sunlightsunlightNOUNNumber=Sing38 shinecompound
38shineshineNOUNNumber=Sing35 Letobj
39ininADP_42 teecase
40mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 teenmod:poss
41lonelylonelyADJDegree=Pos42 teeamod
42teeteeNOUNNumber=Sing35 Letobl
43..PUNCT_2 turnedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1turnpastHeyókato the chieftaintree rules
2scorn in a quotepresentProud Red Cloud = cloudthe fireTen feathers oblvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
3wear in a quotepresentProud Red Cloud = cloudTen feathers not said hereof the great Wanmdeévn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme of wanmdeé=Source
4grant in a quoteinfinitiveProud Red Cloud = cloud not said hereProud Red Cloud = cloudthenWakâwa vocative; my heart's desire parataxisvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme
5let in a quoteinfinitiveHeyóka not said herethe sunlight shinemy lonely teevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shine=Theme
6desire in a quotemy heartnom desire «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.

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