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title: I am also indebted to Gen. H. H. Sibley, one of the earliest America… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: I am also indebted to Gen. H. H. Sibley, one of the earliest American traders among them, and to Rev. S. W. Pond, of Shakopee, one of the first Protestant missionaries to these people, and himself the author of poetical versions of some of their principal legends; to Mrs. Eastman's "Dacotah." and la
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# Legends of the Northwest, The Sea-gull, the Ojibwa Legend of the Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior., sentence 35

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I am also indebted to Gen. H. H. Sibley, one of the earliest American traders among them, and to Rev. S. W. Pond, of Shakopee, one of the first Protestant missionaries to these people, and himself the author of poetical versions of some of their principal legends; to Mrs. Eastman's "Dacotah." and last, but not least, to the Rev. E. D. Neill, whose admirable "History of Minnesota" so fully and faithfully presents almost all that is known of the history, traditions, customs, manners and superstitions of the Dakotas.

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**What happens:** indebt, present, know · **To what, where:** I, H., all

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, The Sea-gull, the Ojibwa Legend of the Pictured Rocks of Lake Superior.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg8122:2:36
# text = I am also indebted to Gen. H. H. Sibley, one of the earliest American traders among them, and to Rev. S. W. Pond, of Shakopee, one of the first Protestant missionaries to these people, and himself the author of poetical versions of some of their principal legends; to Mrs. Eastman's "Dacotah." and last, but not least, to the Rev. E. D. Neill, whose admirable "History of Minnesota" so fully and faithfully presents almost all that is known of the history, traditions, customs, manners and superstitions of the Dakotas.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	indebted	indebt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Gen.	Gen.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:desc	_	_
7	H.	H.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	H.	H.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	Sibley	Sibley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
15	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
17	among	among	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Rev.	Rev.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
23	S.	S.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	_
24	W.	W.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	Pond	Pond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Shakopee	Shakopee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	appos	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
33	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	35	amod	_	_
34	Protestant	protestant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	missionaries	missionary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	38	det	_	_
38	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	28	nmod	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	poetical	poetical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	versions	version	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nmod	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	46	nmod	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
51	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	59	punct	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
55	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	compound	_	_
56	Eastman	Eastman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	's	's	PART	POS	_	56	case	_	_
58	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	Dacotah	Dacotah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	59	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	59	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
66	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	67	advmod	_	_
67	least	least	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
69	to	to	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
71	Rev.	Rev.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	73	compound	_	_
72	E.	E.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	73	compound	_	_
73	D.	D.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
74	Neill	Neill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	73	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
76	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	79	nmod:poss	_	_
77	admirable	admirable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	79	amod	_	_
78	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	79	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	History	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	appos	_	_
80	of	of	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
81	Minnesota	Minnesota	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	79	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	79	punct	_	_
83	so	so	ADV	RB	_	84	advmod	_	_
84	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
85	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	87	cc	_	_
86	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	87	advmod	_	_
87	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	84	conj	_	_
88	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	89	advmod	_	_
89	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	92	nsubj:pass	_	_
90	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	92	nsubj:pass	_	_
91	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	92	aux:pass	_	_
92	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	87	ccomp	_	_
93	of	of	ADP	IN	_	95	case	_	_
94	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
95	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
96	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	97	punct	_	_
97	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	95	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
98	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	99	punct	_	_
99	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	95	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
100	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	101	punct	_	_
101	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	95	conj	_	_
102	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	103	cc	_	_
103	superstitions	superstition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	101	conj	_	_
104	of	of	ADP	IN	_	106	case	_	_
105	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	106	det	_	_
106	Dakotas	dakota	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	103	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
107	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indebt** | present · passive |  | I | H.  Gen. |  |  | to Rev. and W. Pond and Shakopee  missionary; to Mrs. Eastman's Dacotah; to the Rev. E. D.; fully, least *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **present** | present |  |  |  |  |  | faithfully *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | present · passive |  | all |  |  |  | of the history and traditions and customs and manners and superstitions of the Dakotas; that *nsubj:pass* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |

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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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