Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5, sentence 18

Wonderful indeed must be the magic power of these Dakota Druids to lead such a man aa the Rev. S. R. Riggs to say of them: "By great shrewdness, untiring industry, and more or less of _actual demoniacal possession_, they convince great numbers of their fellows, and in the process are convinced _themselves_, of their sacred character and office."

Who acts: Wonderful magic power · What happens: be, lead, say, untir, convince · To what, where: Wonderful magic power, man, industry, great numbers, process · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wonderful magic power), 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	Wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 power	amod
2	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	1 Wonderful	advmod
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 power	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 power	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 power	det
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 power	amod
7	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 convince	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Druids	case
9	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	11 Druids	det
10	Dakota	Dakota	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Druids	compound
11	Druids	druid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 power	nmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 lead	mark
13	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 Druids	acl
14	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	16 man	det:predet
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 man	det
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lead	obj
17	aa	aa	ADP	_	22 Riggs	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Riggs	det
19	Rev.	Rev.	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 R.	compound
20	S.	S.	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 R.	compound
21	R.	R.	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Riggs	compound
22	Riggs	Riggs	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 man	nmod
23	to	to	PART	_	24 say	mark
24	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 lead	advcl
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 them	case
26	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 say	obl
27	:	:	PUNCT	_	31 shrewdness	punct
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	31 shrewdness	punct
29	By	by	ADP	_	31 shrewdness	case
30	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 shrewdness	amod
31	shrewdness	shrewdness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 power	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 untiring	punct
33	untiring	untir	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	31 shrewdness	conj
34	industry	industry	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 untiring	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 more	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 more	cc
37	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 power	conj
38	or	or	CCONJ	_	39 less	cc
39	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	37 more	conj
40	of	of	ADP	_	44 possession	case
41	_	_	PUNCT	_	40 of	punct
42	actual	actual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 possession	amod
43	demoniacal	demoniacal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 possession	amod
44	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 less	obl
45	_	_	PUNCT	_	39 less	punct
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 power	punct
47	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 convince	nsubj
48	convince	convince	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
49	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 numbers	amod
50	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 convince	obj
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 fellows	case
52	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 fellows	nmod:poss
53	fellows	fellow	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 numbers	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 convinced	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 convinced	cc
56	in	in	ADP	_	58 process	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 process	det
58	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 convinced	obl
59	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 convinced	cop
60	convinced	convinced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 convince	parataxis
61	_	_	PUNCT	_	60 convinced	punct
62	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	60 convinced	obl
63	_	_	PUNCT	_	60 convinced	punct
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 character	punct
65	of	of	ADP	_	68 character	case
66	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 character	nmod:poss
67	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 character	amod
68	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 convince	parataxis
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 office	cc
70	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 character	conj
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	48 convince	punct
72	"	"	PUNCT	_	48 convince	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	must		the Wonderful magic power and great shrewdness		of this Dakota Druids; great shrewdness conj	tree rules
2	lead	to-infinitive		such man		aa the R. Riggs	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive				of power	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	untir in a quote	gerund		industry			tree rules
5	be in a quote						tree rules
6	convince in a quote	present	the Wonderful magic power and great shrewdness	great numbers of power's fellows		power nsubj; power's sacred character and office parataxis	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus number=Experiencer
7	is in a quote	present			the process	power obl; convinced property	tree rules

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 5, sentence 18

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Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5, sentence 18