--- title: Sometimes he walks over on the Bridge (or path) of the Spirits--Wanâ… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: Sometimes he walks over on the Bridge (or path) of the Spirits--Wanâgee Ta-chan-ku,--and sometimes he sails over the sea of the skies in his shining canoe; but _somehow_, and the Dakotas do not explain how, he gets back again to the lodge of Hannanna in time to take a nap and eat his breakfast befor --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/73/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the Northwest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/) / [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/) / 73 # Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4, sentence 73 Sometimes he walks over on the Bridge (or path) of the Spirits--Wanâgee Ta-chan-ku,--and sometimes he sails over the sea of the skies in his shining canoe; but \_somehow\_, and the Dakotas do not explain how, he gets back again to the lodge of Hannanna in time to take a nap and eat his breakfast before starting anew on his journey. **Who acts:** Sun, Dakotas · **What happens:** walk over, sail, shine, not explain, get back, take · **To what, where:** Bridge, Wanâgee chan ku, sea, nap, breakfast, journey 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 (Sun, Dakotas), 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:pg8122:21:73 # text = Sometimes he walks over on the Bridge (or path) of the Spirits--Wanâgee Ta-chan-ku,--and sometimes he sails over the sea of the skies in his shining canoe; but _somehow_, and the Dakotas do not explain how, he gets back again to the lodge of Hannanna in time to take a nap and eat his breakfast before starting anew on his journey. 1 Sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Bridge Bridge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Wanâgee Wanâgee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 17 Ta Ta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 chan chan NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ku ku NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sails sail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 amod _ _ 37 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Dakotas dakota NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 47 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 50 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 back back ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 again again ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Hannanna Hannanna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 nap nap NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ _ 69 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 before before SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 72 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 68 advcl _ _ 73 anew anew ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 xcomp _ _ 74 on on ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk over** | present | Sun | | | the Bridge | | over, somehow, sometimes *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sail** | present | Sun | Wanâgee chan ku *not said here* | | the sea of the skies in Sun's shining canoe | | sometimes *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ku=Theme over sea=Trajectory | | 3 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **explain** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the Dakotas | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get back** | present | Sun | | | | again; time | to the lodge of Hannanna *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to lodge=Result | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | Sun *not said here* | a nap | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | infinitive | Sun *not said here* | Sun's breakfast | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient | | 8 | **start** | gerund | Sun *not said here* | | | Sun's journey | | anew *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **journey** | | Sun | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/74/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/21/)