--- title: They call it I-yân-ska, probably from "íya," to speak, and "ska," wh… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: They call it I-yân-ska, probably from "íya," to speak, and "ska," white, truthful, peaceful,--hence, peace-pipe, herald of peace, pledge of truth, etc. In the cabinet at Albany, N.Y., there is a very ancient pipe of this material which the Iroquois obtained from the Dakotas. 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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 (Dakotas, I, ancient pipe, Iroquois), 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:pg8122:20:90 # text = They call it I-yân-ska, probably from "íya," to speak, and "ska," white, truthful, peaceful,--hence, peace-pipe, herald of peace, pledge of truth, etc. In the cabinet at Albany, N.Y., there is a very ancient pipe of this material which the Iroquois obtained from the Dakotas. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 yân yân NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ska ska NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 probably probably ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 íya íya NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ska ska NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 24 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 truthful truthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 peaceful peaceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 hence hence ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 herald herald NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 46 In in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 cabinet cabinet NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Albany Albany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 N.Y N.Y PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 56 expl _ _ 56 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 very very ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 63 det _ _ 63 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 64 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 obj _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 Iroquois Iroquois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 obtained obtain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 acl:relcl _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 Dakotas Dakotas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present | Dakotas *= dakota* | East | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 2 | **ska** | | I | | | | | íya *appos*; ska peace pipe and herald of peace *conj*; pledge of truth in the cabinet at Albany and N.Y and etc. *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **be** | present | a ancient pipe of this material | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **obtain** | past | the Iroquois | this material | | the Dakotas | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent which=Theme from dakotas=Source | | 6 | **pledge** | | | truth | | the cabinet at Albany and N.Y | | | nom pledge «possession transitive»: of=patient in=place | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/91/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/20/)