--- title: Rev. S. W. Pond, whose long residence as a missionary among the Dako… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Rev. S. W. Pond, whose long residence as a missionary among the Dakotas in this immediate vicinity makes him an authority that can hardly be questioned, says "they called the Falls of Minnehaha "Mini-i-hrpâ-ya dan," and it had no other name in Dakota. Who acts: S., authorities, Mini, hrpâ. 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Pond, whose long residence as a missionary among the Dakotas in this immediate vicinity makes him an authority that can hardly be questioned, says "they called the Falls of Minnehaha "Mini-i-hrpâ-ya dan," and it had no other name in Dakota. **Who acts:** S., authorities, Mini, hrpâ · **What happens:** make, question, say, call, dan, have · **To what, where:** authority, residence, Falls, other name, Dakota · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (S., authorities, Mini, hrpâ), 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:pg8122:21:129 # text = Rev. S. W. Pond, whose long residence as a missionary among the Dakotas in this immediate vicinity makes him an authority that can hardly be questioned, says "they called the Falls of Minnehaha "Mini-i-hrpâ-ya dan," and it had no other name in Dakota. 1 Rev. Rev. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 S. S. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 3 W. W. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 Pond Pond PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 residence residence NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 missionary missionary NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Dakotas dakota NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 17 immediate immediate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 vicinity vicinity NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 questioned question VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Falls Falls PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Minnehaha Minnehaha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Mini Mini PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 hrpâ hrpâ NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ya ya NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 dan dan NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 51 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 52 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Dakota Dakota PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | S. Rev. | a authority | residence | | | long residence as a missionary among the Dakotas in this immediate vicinity *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary authority=Product | | 2 | **question** *speech: other* | can · passive | | a authority | | | | hardly *property* | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | S. Rev. *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **call** *in a quote* | past | authorities *= authority* | | the Falls of Minnehaha | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent falls=Recipient | | 5 | **dan** | | Mini | | | | | i *nsubj*; hrpâ *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | past | hrpâ | no other name | | Dakota | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | 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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/130/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/)