Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 43

Ka-be-bón-ík-ka, the mighty, [109] He that sends the cruel winter, He that turned to stone the Giant, From the distant Thunder-mountain, Far across broad Gitchee Gumee, Sent his warning of the winter, Sent the white frost and Kewâydin, [1010] Sent the swift and hungry North-wind.

Who acts: Ka, 1010 · What happens: be, send, turn, warn · To what, where: bón ík, broad Gitchee, warning, white frost, swift, winter

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ka, 1010), 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	Ka	Ka	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 sends	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 ík	punct
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 ík	cop
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 bón	punct
5	bón	bón	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ík	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 bón	punct
7	ík	ík	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ka	appos
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 ka	punct
9	ka	ka	X	Foreign=Yes	7 ík	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mighty	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mighty	det
12	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ka	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 109	punct
14	[	[	PUNCT	_	15 109	punct
15	109	109	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Ka	appos
16	]	]	PUNCT	_	15 109	punct
17	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sends	nsubj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 sends	nsubj
19	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 winter	det
21	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 winter	amod
22	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sends	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 turned	punct
24	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 turned	nsubj
25	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 turned	nsubj
26	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 sends	parataxis
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 stone	case
28	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 turned	obl
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Giant	det
30	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 turned	xcomp
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 mountain	punct
32	From	from	ADP	_	37 mountain	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 mountain	det
34	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 mountain	amod
35	Thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 mountain	compound
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	35 Thunder	punct
37	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 turned	parataxis
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 Gitchee	punct
39	Far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	42 Gitchee	advmod
40	across	across	ADP	_	42 Gitchee	case
41	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 Gitchee	amod
42	Gitchee	Gitchee	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 turned	obl
43	Gumee	Gumee	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Gitchee	flat
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Sent	punct
45	Sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 turned	conj
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 warning	nmod:poss
47	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 Sent	obj
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 winter	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 winter	det
50	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 warning	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 Sent	punct
52	Sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 Sent	conj
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 frost	det
54	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 frost	amod
55	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 Sent	obj
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 Kewâydin	cc
57	Kewâydin	Kewâydin	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 frost	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 1010	punct
59	[	[	PUNCT	_	60 1010	punct
60	1010	1010	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	62 Sent	nsubj
61	]	]	PUNCT	_	60 1010	punct
62	Sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 Sent	conj
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 swift	det
64	swift	swift	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 Sent	obj
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 wind	cc
66	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 wind	amod
67	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	69 wind	compound
68	-	-	PUNCT	_	67 North	punct
69	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 swift	conj
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 sends	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	infinitive		bón ík				tree rules
2	send	present	Ka			winter	that nsubj	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	turn	past	Ka		broad Gitchee		to stone; that nsubj; the distant Thunder mountain parataxis; giant property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to stone=Trajectory
4	send	past	Ka not said here	Ka's warning of the winter				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
5	send	past	Ka not said here	the white frost and Kewâydin				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frost=Theme
6	send	past	1010	the swift and hungry North wind				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swift=Theme
7	warn		Ka	the winter				nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 43

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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 43