--- title: Ka-be-bón-ík-ka, the mighty, [109] He that sends the cruel winter, F… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Ka-be-bón-ík-ka, the mighty, [109] He that sends the cruel winter, From the distant Thunder-mountain, On the shore of Gitchee Gumee-- On the rugged northern limit, Sent his solemn, final warning, Sent the white wolves of the Nor'land [1014] Like the dust of stars in ether-- In the Pathway of the Spi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/69/) [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/) / 69 # Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1, sentence 69 Ka-be-bón-ík-ka, the mighty, \[109\] He that sends the cruel winter, From the distant Thunder-mountain, On the shore of Gitchee Gumee-- On the rugged northern limit, Sent his solemn, final warning, Sent the white wolves of the Nor'land \[1014\] Like the dust of stars in ether-- In the Pathway of the Spirits. **Who acts:** Ka · **What happens:** be, send, warn · **To what, where:** bón ík, distant Thunder mountain, solemn final warning, white wolves, Pathway 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 (Ka), 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:pg8122:18:69 # text = Ka-be-bón-ík-ka, the mighty, [109] He that sends the cruel winter, From the distant Thunder-mountain, On the shore of Gitchee Gumee-- On the rugged northern limit, Sent his solemn, final warning, Sent the white wolves of the Nor'land [1014] Like the dust of stars in ether-- In the Pathway of the Spirits. 1 Ka Ka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 bón bón NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ík ík NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ka ka X FW Foreign=Yes 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 109 109 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 15 punct _ _ 17 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 From from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 Thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 On on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Gitchee Gitchee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 Gumee Gumee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 On on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 rugged rugged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 limit limit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 Sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 46 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 Sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Nor'land Nor'land PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 1014 1014 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 59 punct _ _ 61 Like like ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nmod _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 ether ether NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 -- -- PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 69 In in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 Pathway Pathway PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 Spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | infinitive | | bón ík | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | present | Ka | | | the distant Thunder mountain | winter | on the shore of Gitchee; that *nsubj*; the rugged northern limit *conj* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from mountain=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **send** | past | | Ka's solemn final warning | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme | | 4 | **send** | past | | the white wolves of the Nor'land | | the Pathway of the Spirits | | like the dust of stars in ether; 1014 *obl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme in pathway=Destination | | 5 | **warn** | | Ka | | | | | | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/70/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/18/)