--- title: On the shore of Gitchee Gumee--[102] Deep, mysterious, mighty waters… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: On the shore of Gitchee Gumee--[102] Deep, mysterious, mighty waters--Where the mânitoes--the spirits-- Ride the storms and speak in thunder, In the days of Neme-Shómis, [103] In the days that are forgotten, Dwelt a tall and tawny hunter-- Gitchee Péz-ze-ú--the panther, Son of Waub-Ojeeg, [104] the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the Northwest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/) / [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/) / 2 # Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 2 On the shore of Gitchee Gumee--\[102\] Deep, mysterious, mighty waters--Where the mânitoes--the spirits-- Ride the storms and speak in thunder, In the days of Neme-Shómis, \[103\] In the days that are forgotten, Dwelt a tall and tawny hunter-- Gitchee Péz-ze-ú--the panther, Son of Waub-Ojeeg, \[104\] the warrior, Famous Waub-Ojeeg, the warrior. **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ride, speak, forget, dwell · **To what, where:** storms, shore, thunder, that, tall hunter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8122:18:2 # text = On the shore of Gitchee Gumee--[102] Deep, mysterious, mighty waters--Where the mânitoes--the spirits-- Ride the storms and speak in thunder, In the days of Neme-Shómis, [103] In the days that are forgotten, Dwelt a tall and tawny hunter-- Gitchee Péz-ze-ú--the panther, Son of Waub-Ojeeg, [104] the warrior, Famous Waub-Ojeeg, the warrior. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Gitchee Gitchee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 Gumee Gumee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 102 102 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ _ 11 Deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mânitoes mânitoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 25 Ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 In in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Neme Neme PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Shómis Shómis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 103 103 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 37 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ _ 44 In in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 48 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 Dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 conj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 53 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 tawny tawny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 conj _ _ 56 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 -- -- PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 Gitchee Gitchee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 59 Péz Péz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ze ze NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ú ú NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 -- -- PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 panther panther NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 Waub Waub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 Ojeeg Ojeeg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 104 104 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 68 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 75 punct _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 Famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 Waub Waub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 82 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 83 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 Ojeeg Ojeeg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 86 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | imperative | you *not said here* | the storms | | the shore of Gitchee | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | you *not said here* | | | thunder | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **forget** | present · passive | | that | | | day | Gitchee ze ú and the panther *obl*; Son of Waub *obl*; the warrior *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **dwell** | participle | | a tall hunter | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hunter=Location | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/3/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)