Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5, sentence 57
They were hardly more than camping grounds, occupied at intervals and for longer or shorter periods, as suited the convenience of the hunters: yet there were certain places, like Mille Lacs, the Falls of St. Anthony, Kapóza (near St. Paul), Remnica, (where the city of Red Wing now stands), and Keúxa (or Keóza) on the site of the city of Winona, so frequently occupied by several of the bands as to be considered their chief villages respectively.]
Who acts: villages, certain places, city · What happens: be, camp, occupy, suit, stand, consider · To what, where: intervals, convenience, Mille Lacs, chief villages
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 (villages, certain places, city), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 more | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 more | cop |
| 3 | hardly | hardly | ADV | _ | 4 more | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 grounds | case |
| 6 | camping | camp | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 grounds | amod |
| 7 | grounds | grounds | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 4 more | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 occupied | punct |
| 9 | occupied | occupy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 more | parataxis |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 intervals | case |
| 11 | intervals | interval | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 occupied | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 periods | cc |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 periods | case |
| 14 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 17 periods | advmod |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 shorter | cc |
| 16 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 longer | conj |
| 17 | periods | period | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 intervals | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 suited | punct |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 suited | mark |
| 20 | suited | suit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 occupied | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 convenience | det |
| 22 | convenience | convenience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 suited | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 hunters | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 hunters | det |
| 25 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 convenience | nmod |
| 26 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 were | punct |
| 27 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 29 were | cc |
| 28 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 29 were | expl |
| 29 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 more | conj |
| 30 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 places | amod |
| 31 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 were | nsubj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Lacs | punct |
| 33 | like | like | ADP | _ | 35 Lacs | case |
| 34 | Mille | Mille | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Lacs | compound |
| 35 | Lacs | Lac | PROPN | Number=Plur | 31 places | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Falls | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Falls | det |
| 38 | Falls | Falls | PROPN | Number=Plur | 35 Lacs | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 Anthony | case |
| 40 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Anthony | nmod:desc |
| 41 | Anthony | Anthony | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Falls | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Kapóza | punct |
| 43 | Kapóza | Kapóza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Anthony | conj |
| 44 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 47 Paul | punct |
| 45 | near | near | ADP | _ | 47 Paul | case |
| 46 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Paul | nmod:desc |
| 47 | Paul | Paul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Kapóza | appos |
| 48 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 47 Paul | punct |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 Remnica | punct |
| 50 | Remnica | Remnica | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Paul | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 stands | punct |
| 52 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 60 stands | punct |
| 53 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 60 stands | advmod |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 city | det |
| 55 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 stands | nsubj |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 Wing | case |
| 57 | Red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 Wing | amod |
| 58 | Wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 city | nmod |
| 59 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 60 stands | advmod |
| 60 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 Lacs | conj |
| 61 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 35 Lacs | punct |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 Keúxa | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 Keúxa | cc |
| 64 | Keúxa | Keúxa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Lacs | nmod |
| 65 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 67 Keóza | punct |
| 66 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 67 Keóza | cc |
| 67 | Keóza | Keóza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 Keúxa | appos |
| 68 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 67 Keóza | punct |
| 69 | on | on | ADP | _ | 71 site | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 site | det |
| 71 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 Keúxa | nmod |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 74 city | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 city | det |
| 74 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 site | nmod |
| 75 | of | of | ADP | _ | 76 Winona | case |
| 76 | Winona | Winona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 city | nmod |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 occupied | punct |
| 78 | so | so | ADV | _ | 80 occupied | advmod |
| 79 | frequently | frequently | ADV | _ | 80 occupied | advmod |
| 80 | occupied | occupy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 Lacs | acl |
| 81 | by | by | ADP | _ | 85 bands | case |
| 82 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 85 bands | amod |
| 83 | of | of | ADP | _ | 85 bands | case |
| 84 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 85 bands | det |
| 85 | bands | band | NOUN | Number=Plur | 80 occupied | obl |
| 86 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 89 considered | mark |
| 87 | to | to | PART | _ | 89 considered | mark |
| 88 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 89 considered | aux:pass |
| 89 | considered | consider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 80 occupied | advcl |
| 90 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 92 villages | nmod:poss |
| 91 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 92 villages | amod |
| 92 | villages | village | NOUN | Number=Plur | 89 considered | obj |
| 93 | respectively | respectively | ADV | _ | 89 considered | advmod |
| 94 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 more | punct |
| 95 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 4 more | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | villages = village | than camping grounds; hardly, more property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | camp | gerund | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | occupy | participle | intervals and periods | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | suit | participle | the convenience of the hunters | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | be | past | certain places like Mille Lacs Keúxa on the site of the city of Winona and the Falls of Anthony St. and Kapóza | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | stand | present | the city of Red Wing | now | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | occupy | participle | Mille Lacs Keúxa on the site of the city of Winona and the Falls of Anthony St. and Kapóza not said here | by the several bands; frequently property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | consider | to-infinitive · passive | villages's chief villages | respectively property | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: village=Attribute |
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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