Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4, sentence 106
Each one will worship some of these divinities, and neglect or despise others, but the great object of all their worship, whatever its chosen medium, is the _Ta-koo Wa-kan_, which is the _supernatural_ and _mysterious_.
Who acts: one, Ta koo, others · What happens: worship, neglect, despise, choose, be · To what, where: some, others, Ta koo, _ supernatural
This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, Ta koo, others), 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 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worship | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 worship | aux |
| 4 | worship | worship | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 worship | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 divinities | case |
| 7 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 8 divinities | det |
| 8 | divinities | divinity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 some | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 neglect | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 neglect | cc |
| 11 | neglect | neglect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 worship | conj |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 despise | cc |
| 13 | despise | despise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 neglect | conj |
| 14 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 despise | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 object | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 object | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 object | det |
| 18 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 object | amod |
| 19 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worship | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 worship | case |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 worship | det:predet |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 worship | nmod:poss |
| 23 | worship | worship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 object | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 whatever | punct |
| 25 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 object | acl:relcl |
| 26 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 medium | nmod:poss |
| 27 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 medium | amod |
| 28 | medium | medium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 whatever | nsubj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 koo | punct |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 koo | cop |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 koo | det |
| 32 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 35 koo | punct |
| 33 | Ta | Ta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 koo | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 Ta | punct |
| 35 | koo | koo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 worship | parataxis |
| 36 | Wa | Wa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 koo | flat |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 38 kan | punct |
| 38 | kan | kan | X | Foreign=Yes | 35 koo | appos |
| 39 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 38 kan | punct |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 supernatural | punct |
| 41 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 supernatural | nsubj |
| 42 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 supernatural | cop |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 supernatural | det |
| 44 | _ | _ | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 supernatural | amod |
| 45 | supernatural | supernatural | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 koo | appos |
| 46 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 45 supernatural | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 koo | cc |
| 48 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 49 mysterious | punct |
| 49 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 worship | parataxis |
| 50 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 49 mysterious | punct |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 worship | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worship | future | each one | some of this divinities | the great object of others's worship whatever faith's chosen medium obl | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer some=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | neglect | infinitive | each one not said here | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | despise | infinitive | each one not said here | others | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | choose | participle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | is a | present | the Ta koo | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | is a | present | the Ta koo | the _ supernatural | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | worship | others = other | nom worship «act intransitive»: 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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