Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3, sentence 14

[Footnote 6: Cetân-wa-ká-wa-mâni--"He who shoots pigeon-hawks walking"--was the full Dakota name of the grandfather of the celebrated "Little Crow" (Ta-ó-ya-te-dú-ta.--His Red People) who led his warriors in the terrible outbreak in Minnesota in 1862-3.

Who acts: Footnote, hawks, wa mâni, Red People · What happens: mâni, shoot, walk, be, celebrate, lead · To what, where: pigeon, full Dakota name, warriors, terrible outbreak

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Footnote, hawks, wa mâni, Red People), 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	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 Footnote	punct
2	Footnote	footnote	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mâni	nsubj
3	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Footnote	flat
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 Footnote	punct
5	Cetân	Cetân	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 wa	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Cetân	punct
7	wa	wa	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ká	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 wa	punct
9	ká	ká	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mâni	nsubj
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 ká	punct
11	wa	wa	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mâni	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 mâni	punct
13	mâni	mâni	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 name	nsubj
14	--	--	PUNCT	_	13 mâni	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 shoots	punct
16	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 shoots	nsubj
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 shoots	nsubj
18	shoots	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 mâni	conj
19	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shoots	obj
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 hawks	punct
21	hawks	hawk	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 pigeon	appos
22	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 hawks	acl
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 walking	punct
24	--	--	PUNCT	_	13 mâni	punct
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 name	cop
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 name	det
27	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 name	amod
28	Dakota	Dakota	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 name	compound
29	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 grandfather	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 grandfather	det
32	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 name	nmod
33	of	of	ADP	_	38 Crow	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 Crow	det
35	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 Crow	amod
36	"	"	PUNCT	_	38 Crow	punct
37	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 Crow	amod
38	Crow	crow	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 grandfather	nmod
39	"	"	PUNCT	_	38 Crow	punct
40	(	(	PUNCT	_	41 Ta	punct
41	Ta	Ta	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 Crow	appos
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 Ta	punct
43	ó	ó	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 Ta	appos
44	-	-	PUNCT	_	43 ó	punct
45	ya	ya	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 Ta	appos
46	-	-	PUNCT	_	45 ya	punct
47	te	te	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 ta	compound
48	-	-	PUNCT	_	47 te	punct
49	dú	dú	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 ta	compound
50	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 ta	punct
51	ta	ta	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 Ta	conj
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	41 Ta	punct
53	--	--	PUNCT	_	56 People	punct
54	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 People	nmod:poss
55	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 People	flat
56	People	People	PROPN	Number=Plur	59 led	nsubj
57	)	)	PUNCT	_	56 People	punct
58	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 led	nsubj
59	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 name	parataxis
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 warriors	nmod:poss
61	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 led	obj
62	in	in	ADP	_	65 outbreak	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 outbreak	det
64	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 outbreak	amod
65	outbreak	outbreak	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 led	obl
66	in	in	ADP	_	67 Minnesota	case
67	Minnesota	Minnesota	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 outbreak	nmod
68	in	in	ADP	_	69 1862-3	case
69	1862-3	1862-3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	59 led	obl
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	29 name	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mâni		Footnote			wa ká nsubj	tree rules
2	shoot in a quote	present	Footnote	pigeon		wa mâni nsubj	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Theme
3	walk in a quote	gerund	hawks not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is a	past	wa mâni	the full Dakota name		of the grandfather of the celebrated Little Crow	tree rules
5	celebrate	participle					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	lead	past	Footnote's Red People	Footnote's warriors	the terrible outbreak in Minnesota	in 1862-3; the full Dakota name nsubj	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent warrior=Theme in outbreak=Destination

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 3, sentence 14

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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3, sentence 14