--- title: This was the principal village of the Isantee band of Dakotas two hu… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: This was the principal village of the Isantee band of Dakotas two hundred years ago, and was located at the Falls of St. Anthony, which the Dakotas called the _Ha-ha_--pronounced _Rhah-rhah_--the _loud, laughing waters_. Who acts: This, 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 (This, 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:pg8122:22:48 # text = This was the principal village of the Isantee band of Dakotas two hundred years ago, and was located at the Falls of St. Anthony, which the Dakotas called the _Ha-ha_--pronounced _Rhah-rhah_--the _loud, laughing waters_. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Isantee Isantee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Dakotas Dakotas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 compound _ _ 13 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 ago ago ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 located locate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Falls Falls PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:desc _ _ 25 Anthony Anthony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Dakotas Dakotas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Ha Ha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ha ha X GW _ 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 pronounced pronounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Rhah Rhah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 rhah rhah NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 advcl _ _ 50 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | the principal village | | | | of the Isantee band of Dakotas | tree rules | | 2 | **locate** | past · passive | | the principal village *not said here* | | the Falls of Anthony St. | | | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | past | the Dakotas | Anthony St. | | | | the \_ *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 4 | **pronounce** | past | This *not said here* | Rhah rhah | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhah=Theme | | 5 | **be** | | This *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **laugh** | gerund | This *not said here* | waters | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/49/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/)