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title: Mihihna, Mihihna, my brave was glad When he came from the chase of t… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: Mihihna, Mihihna, my brave was glad When he came from the chase of the roebuck fleet; Sweet were the words that my hunter said, As his trophies he laid at Anpétu's feet. Who acts: Mihihna, Sweet, hunter, song. A sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Legend., with its d
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Legend., sentence 35

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Mihihna, Mihihna, my brave was glad When he came from the chase of the roebuck fleet; Sweet were the words that my hunter said, As his trophies he laid at Anpétu's feet.

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**Who acts:** Mihihna, Sweet, hunter, song · **What happens:** be, come, say, lay, chase · **To what, where:** chase, words, that, trophies, feet, roebuck fleet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Legend.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mihihna, Sweet, hunter, song), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:17:35
# text = Mihihna, Mihihna, my brave was glad When he came from the chase of the roebuck fleet; Sweet were the words that my hunter said, As his trophies he laid at Anpétu's feet.
1	Mihihna	Mihihna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Mihihna	Mihihna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	_
9	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	roebuck	roebuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
20	Sweet	Sweet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
21	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
24	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	obj	_	_
25	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	As	as	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	trophies	trophy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
34	at	at	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	Anpétu	Anpétu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	's	's	PART	POS	_	35	case	_	_
37	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Mihihna *not said here* |  |  |  |  | my *nmod:poss*; glad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | Mihihna |  |  | the chase of the roebuck fleet |  | song *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from chase=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is a** | past | Sweet | the words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my hunter | that |  |  |  | song's trophies *obj* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme trophy=Manner |
| 5 | **lay** | past | song | song's trophies *not said here* |  | Anpétu's feet |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent trophy=Theme at foot=Destination |
| 6 | **chase** |  |  | the roebuck fleet |  |  |  |  | nom chase «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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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