Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 69

Ka-be-bón-ík-ka, the mighty, [109] He that sends the cruel winter, From the distant Thunder-mountain, On the shore of Gitchee Gumee-- On the rugged northern limit, Sent his solemn, final warning, Sent the white wolves of the Nor'land [1014] Like the dust of stars in ether-- In the Pathway of the Spirits.

Who acts: Ka · What happens: be, send, warn · To what, where: bón ík, distant Thunder mountain, solemn final warning, white wolves, Pathway

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), 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	_	29 mountain	punct
24	From	from	ADP	_	29 mountain	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 mountain	det
26	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 mountain	amod
27	Thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 mountain	compound
28	-	-	PUNCT	_	27 Thunder	punct
29	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sends	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 shore	punct
31	On	on	ADP	_	33 shore	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 shore	det
33	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sends	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 Gitchee	case
35	Gitchee	Gitchee	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 shore	nmod
36	Gumee	Gumee	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 Gitchee	flat
37	--	--	PUNCT	_	42 limit	punct
38	On	on	ADP	_	42 limit	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 limit	det
40	rugged	rugged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 limit	amod
41	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 limit	amod
42	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sends	conj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 Sent	punct
44	Sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 sends	parataxis
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 warning	nmod:poss
46	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 warning	amod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 solemn	punct
48	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 warning	amod
49	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 Sent	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 Sent	punct
51	Sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 Sent	conj
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 wolves	det
53	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 wolves	amod
54	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 Sent	obj
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 Nor'land	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 Nor'land	det
57	Nor'land	Nor'land	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 wolves	nmod
58	[	[	PUNCT	_	59 1014	punct
59	1014	1014	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	51 Sent	obl
60	]	]	PUNCT	_	59 1014	punct
61	Like	like	ADP	_	63 dust	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 dust	det
63	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 Sent	obl
64	of	of	ADP	_	65 stars	case
65	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 dust	nmod
66	in	in	ADP	_	67 ether	case
67	ether	ether	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 stars	nmod
68	--	--	PUNCT	_	71 Pathway	punct
69	In	in	ADP	_	71 Pathway	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 Pathway	det
71	Pathway	Pathway	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Sent	obl
72	of	of	ADP	_	74 Spirits	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 Spirits	det
74	Spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 Pathway	nmod
75	.	.	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		the distant Thunder mountain	winter	on the shore of Gitchee; that nsubj; the rugged northern limit conj	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from mountain=Initial_Location
3	send	past		Ka's solemn final warning				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
4	send	past		the white wolves of the Nor'land	the Pathway of the Spirits		like the dust of stars in ether; 1014 obl	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme in pathway=Destination
5	warn		Ka					nom warning «communication 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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🌲 Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 69

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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 69