--- title: I get this information from Rev. Stephen R. Riggs, author of the Dak… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: I get this information from Rev. Stephen R. Riggs, author of the Dakota Grammar and Dictionary, "_Takoo Wakan_," etc. Wapasa, grandfather of the last Chief of that name, and a contemporary of Cetan-Wa-kâ-wa-mâni, was a noted Chief, and a friend of the British in the war of the Revolution. 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Riggs, author of the Dakota Grammar and Dictionary, "\_Takoo Wakan\_," etc. Wapasa, grandfather of the last Chief of that name, and a contemporary of Cetan-Wa-kâ-wa-mâni, was a noted Chief, and a friend of the British in the war of the Revolution. **Who acts:** I, Takoo, Revolution · **What happens:** get, note, be, war · **To what, where:** information, Stephen, noted Chief This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Takoo, Revolution), 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:pg8122:20:42 # text = I get this information from Rev. Stephen R. Riggs, author of the Dakota Grammar and Dictionary, "_Takoo Wakan_," etc. Wapasa, grandfather of the last Chief of that name, and a contemporary of Cetan-Wa-kâ-wa-mâni, was a noted Chief, and a friend of the British in the war of the Revolution. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 Rev. Rev. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 7 Stephen Stephen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 R. R. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 Riggs Riggs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Dakota Dakota PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Grammar Grammar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 Dictionary Dictionary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Takoo Takoo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 22 Wakan Wakan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 23 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 26 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 27 advmod _ _ 27 Wapasa Wapasa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 contemporary contemporary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Cetan Cetan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Wa Wa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 kâ kâ NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 wa wa NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 mâni mâni NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 noted note VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 amod _ _ 55 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 British British ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Revolution Revolution PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | I | this information | | Stephen Rev. | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent information=Theme from stephen=Source | | 2 | **note** | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | Takoo and Wapasa | a noted Chief | | | | a friend *appos* | tree rules | | 4 | **war** | | the Revolution | | | | | | nom war «act intransitive»: of=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/43/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/)