Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5, sentence 30
[Footnote 84: The Mission of the Holy Ghost--at La Pointe on the isle Waug-a-bá-me--(winding view) in the beautiful bay of Cha-quam-egonwas founded by the Jesuits about the year 1660, and Father Renè Menard was the first priest at this point.
Who acts: Jesuits, Father Renè · What happens: wind, found, be · To what, where: view, beautiful bay, first priest, point, Footnote
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 (Jesuits, Father Renè), 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 | root | root |
| 3 | 84 | 84 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 Footnote | flat |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Mission | punct |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Mission | det |
| 6 | Mission | Mission | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Footnote | appos |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Ghost | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Ghost | det |
| 9 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 10 Ghost | compound |
| 10 | Ghost | Ghost | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Mission | nmod |
| 11 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 13 La | punct |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 La | case |
| 13 | La | La | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Mission | conj |
| 14 | Pointe | Pointe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 La | flat |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 isle | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 isle | det |
| 17 | isle | isle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 La | nmod |
| 18 | Waug | Waug | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 La | flat |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 bá | punct |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 bá | det |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 a | punct |
| 22 | bá | bá | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 La | appos |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 me | punct |
| 24 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 bá | conj |
| 25 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 33 bay | punct |
| 26 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 27 winding | punct |
| 27 | winding | wind | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 33 bay | csubj |
| 28 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 winding | obj |
| 29 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 27 winding | punct |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 bay | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 bay | det |
| 32 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 bay | amod |
| 33 | bay | bay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Mission | appos |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 | case |
| 35 | Cha | Cha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 | compound |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 Cha | punct |
| 37 | quam | quam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 egon | compound |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 quam | punct |
| 39 | egon | egon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 | compound |
| 40 | | | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 founded | obl |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 founded | aux:pass |
| 42 | founded | found | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 bay | acl:relcl |
| 43 | by | by | ADP | _ | 45 Jesuits | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Jesuits | det |
| 45 | Jesuits | jesuit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 founded | obl:agent |
| 46 | about | about | ADP | _ | 48 year | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 year | det |
| 48 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 Jesuits | nmod |
| 49 | 1660 | 1660 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 48 year | flat |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 priest | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 priest | cc |
| 52 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Renè | compound |
| 53 | Renè | Renè | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 priest | nsubj |
| 54 | Menard | Menard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Renè | flat |
| 55 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 priest | cop |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 priest | det |
| 57 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 58 priest | amod |
| 58 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Mission | appos |
| 59 | at | at | ADP | _ | 61 point | case |
| 60 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 61 point | det |
| 61 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 priest | nmod |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Footnote | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wind | gerund | view | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent view=Theme | |||||
| 2 | found | past · passive | the Jesuits about the year | the beautiful bay not said here | of Cha egon | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | is a | past | Father Renè | the first priest | this point | 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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