--- title: Ta-ó-ya-te-dú-ta, the last of the Little Crows, was killed July 3, 1… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Ta-ó-ya-te-dú-ta, the last of the Little Crows, was killed July 3, 1863, near Hutchinson, Minnesota, by one Lamson, and his bones were duly "done up" for the Historical Society of Minnesota. Who acts: one Lamson, bones. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one Lamson, bones), 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:pg8122:20:26 # text = Ta-ó-ya-te-dú-ta, the last of the Little Crows, was killed July 3, 1863, near Hutchinson, Minnesota, by one Lamson, and his bones were duly "done up" for the Historical Society of Minnesota. 1 Ta Ta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ó ó NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ya ya NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 te te NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 dú dú NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ta ta NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Little Little ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Crows Crow PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 22 July July PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:unmarked _ _ 23 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 1863 1863 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 near near ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Hutchinson Hutchinson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Minnesota Minnesota PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 Lamson Lamson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 duly duly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Historical historical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 Society Society PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl:agent _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Minnesota Minnesota PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past · passive | one Lamson | 3 July | | Hutchinson | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Lamson's bones | | | | | duly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do up** *in a quote* | participle | Lamson's bones *not said here* | | | | | the Historical Society of Minnesota *obl:agent* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/27/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/)