Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3, sentence 42

I get this information from Rev. Stephen R. Riggs, author of the Dakota Grammar and Dictionary, "_Takoo Wakan_," etc. Wapasa, grandfather of the last Chief of that name, and a contemporary of Cetan-Wa-kâ-wa-mâni, was a noted Chief, and a friend of the British in the war of the Revolution.

Who acts: I, Takoo, Revolution · What happens: get, note, be, war · To what, where: information, Stephen, noted Chief

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 (I, Takoo, Revolution), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 get	nsubj
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 information	det
4	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Stephen	case
6	Rev.	Rev.	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Stephen	nmod:desc
7	Stephen	Stephen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 information	nmod
8	R.	R.	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Stephen	flat
9	Riggs	Riggs	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Stephen	flat
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 author	punct
11	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Stephen	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 Grammar	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Grammar	det
14	Dakota	Dakota	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Grammar	compound
15	Grammar	Grammar	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 author	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Dictionary	cc
17	Dictionary	Dictionary	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Grammar	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 get	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	55 Chief	punct
20	_	_	PUNCT	_	21 Takoo	punct
21	Takoo	Takoo	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 Chief	nsubj
22	Wakan	Wakan	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Takoo	flat
23	_	_	PUNCT	_	21 Takoo	punct
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 Wapasa	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 Wapasa	punct
26	etc.	etc.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	27 Wapasa	advmod
27	Wapasa	Wapasa	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Takoo	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 grandfather	punct
29	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 Wapasa	appos
30	of	of	ADP	_	33 Chief	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Chief	det
32	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 Chief	amod
33	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 grandfather	nmod
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 name	case
35	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	36 name	det
36	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 Chief	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 contemporary	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 contemporary	cc
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 contemporary	det
40	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 Takoo	conj
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 Cetan	case
42	Cetan	Cetan	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 contemporary	obl
43	-	-	PUNCT	_	42 Cetan	punct
44	Wa	Wa	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Cetan	nmod:unmarked
45	-	-	PUNCT	_	46 kâ	punct
46	kâ	kâ	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 Cetan	appos
47	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 wa	punct
48	wa	wa	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 mâni	compound
49	-	-	PUNCT	_	48 wa	punct
50	mâni	mâni	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 kâ	conj
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Takoo	punct
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 Chief	cop
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 Chief	det
54	noted	note	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 Chief	amod
55	Chief	Chief	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 get	parataxis
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 friend	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 friend	cc
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 friend	det
59	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 Chief	appos
60	of	of	ADP	_	62 British	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 British	det
62	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 friend	amod
63	in	in	ADP	_	65 war	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 war	det
65	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 British	obl
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 Revolution	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 Revolution	det
68	Revolution	Revolution	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 war	nmod
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 get	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	present	I	this information	Stephen Rev.		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent information=Theme from stephen=Source
2	note	participle					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	Takoo and Wapasa	a noted Chief		a friend appos	tree rules
4	war		the Revolution				nom war «act intransitive»: of=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 3, sentence 42

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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3, sentence 42