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title: Wonderful indeed must be the magic power of these Dakota Druids to l… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics
description: Wonderful indeed must be the magic power of these Dakota Druids to lead such a man aa the Rev. S. R. Riggs to say of them: "By great shrewdness, untiring industry, and more or less of _actual demoniacal possession_, they convince great numbers of their fellows, and in the process are convinced _them
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# Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5, sentence 18

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Wonderful indeed must be the magic power of these Dakota Druids to lead such a man aa the Rev. S. R. Riggs to say of them: "By great shrewdness, untiring industry, and more or less of \_actual demoniacal possession\_, they convince great numbers of their fellows, and in the process are convinced \_themselves\_, of their sacred character and office."

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**Who acts:** Wonderful magic power · **What happens:** be, lead, say, untir, convince · **To what, where:** Wonderful magic power, man, industry, great numbers, process · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wonderful magic power), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8122:22:18
# text = Wonderful indeed must be the magic power of these Dakota Druids to lead such a man aa the Rev. S. R. Riggs to say of them: "By great shrewdness, untiring industry, and more or less of _actual demoniacal possession_, they convince great numbers of their fellows, and in the process are convinced _themselves_, of their sacred character and office."
1	Wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
2	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	Dakota	Dakota	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Druids	druid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	16	det:predet	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	aa	aa	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
19	Rev.	Rev.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
20	S.	S.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	R.	R.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	Riggs	Riggs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
28	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	By	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	shrewdness	shrewdness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	untiring	untir	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	31	conj	_	_
34	industry	industry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	_
38	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	37	conj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
41	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
43	demoniacal	demoniacal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
47	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	convince	convince	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
49	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	fellows	fellow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
59	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	60	cop	_	_
60	convinced	convinced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	parataxis	_	_
61	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
66	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	68	nmod:poss	_	_
67	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	parataxis	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
70	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	48	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must |  | the Wonderful magic power and great shrewdness |  |  |  | of this Dakota Druids; great shrewdness *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lead** | to-infinitive |  | such man |  |  |  | aa the R. Riggs | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of power | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **untir** *in a quote* | gerund |  | industry |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **convince** *in a quote* | present | the Wonderful magic power and great shrewdness | great numbers of power's fellows |  |  |  | power *nsubj*; power's sacred character and office *parataxis* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus number=Experiencer |
| 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  | the process |  | power *obl*; convinced *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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