Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3, sentence 38
The name is a contraction of "Wâ-pa-hâ-sa," which is from "Wâ-ha-pa," the standard or pole used in the Dakota dances, and upon which feathers of various colors are tied, and not from "Wâ-pa"--leaf or leaves, as has been generally supposed.
Who acts: name, pa hâ sa, standard pole · What happens: be, use, dance, tie, suppose · To what, where: contraction, Wâ ha pa, standard pole, Dakota, feathers, Wâ pa · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (name, pa hâ sa, standard pole), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 name | det |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 contraction | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 contraction | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 contraction | det |
| 5 | contraction | contraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 sa | case |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 sa | punct |
| 8 | Wâ | Wâ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 sa | nsubj |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 Wâ | punct |
| 10 | pa | pa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sa | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 pa | punct |
| 12 | hâ | hâ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sa | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 sa | punct |
| 14 | sa | sa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 contraction | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sa | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 sa | punct |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 pa | nsubj |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 pa | cop |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 pa | case |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 pa | punct |
| 21 | Wâ | Wâ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 pa | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 Wâ | punct |
| 23 | ha | ha | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 pa | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 ha | punct |
| 25 | pa | pa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sa | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 dances | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 dances | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 pole | det |
| 29 | standard | standard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 pole | amod |
| 30 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 31 pole | cc |
| 31 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 dances | nsubj |
| 32 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 pole | acl |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 Dakota | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Dakota | det |
| 35 | Dakota | Dakota | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 used | obl |
| 36 | dances | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 pa | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 tied | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 tied | cc |
| 39 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 40 which | case |
| 40 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 tied | obl |
| 41 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 tied | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 colors | case |
| 43 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 colors | amod |
| 44 | colors | color | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 feathers | nmod |
| 45 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 tied | aux:pass |
| 46 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 dances | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 pa | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 pa | cc |
| 49 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 54 pa | advmod |
| 50 | from | from | ADP | _ | 54 pa | case |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 54 pa | punct |
| 52 | Wâ | Wâ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 pa | compound |
| 53 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 52 Wâ | punct |
| 54 | pa | pa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 tied | obl |
| 55 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 54 pa | punct |
| 56 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 57 leaf | punct |
| 57 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 pa | conj |
| 58 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 59 leaves | cc |
| 59 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 leaf | conj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 supposed | punct |
| 61 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 65 supposed | mark |
| 62 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 65 supposed | aux |
| 63 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 65 supposed | aux:pass |
| 64 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 65 supposed | advmod |
| 65 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 tied | conj |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 contraction | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the name | a contraction | of pa hâ sa Wâ | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | pa hâ sa Wâ | Wâ ha pa | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | use | participle | the standard pole not said here | the Dakota | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | dance | present | the standard pole | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | tie | present · passive | feathers of various colors | Wâ pa and leaf or leaves | which obl | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 6 | suppose | present · perfect · passive | generally property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S» |
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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