--- title: In his "Memoir" (Archives of the Ministry of the Marine) addressed t… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: In his "Memoir" (Archives of the Ministry of the Marine) addressed to Seignelay, 1685, he says: "On the 2nd of July, 1679, I had the honor to plant his Majesty's arms in the great village of the Nadouecioux called Izatys, where never had a Frenchman been, etc." _Izatys_ is here used not as the name --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/52/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/) / 52 # Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5, sentence 52 In his "Memoir" (Archives of the Ministry of the Marine) addressed to Seignelay, 1685, he says: "On the 2nd of July, 1679, I had the honor to plant his Majesty's arms in the great village of the Nadouecioux called Izatys, where never had a Frenchman been, etc." \_Izatys\_ is here used not as the name of the village, but as the name of the band--the Isantees. **Who acts:** Archives, DuLuth, 2nd, honor, great village · **What happens:** address, say, have, plant, call, not have · **To what, where:** Seignelay, Memoir, honor, arms, great village, Frenchman · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Archives, DuLuth, 2nd, honor), 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:pg8122:22:52 # text = In his "Memoir" (Archives of the Ministry of the Marine) addressed to Seignelay, 1685, he says: "On the 2nd of July, 1679, I had the honor to plant his Majesty's arms in the great village of the Nadouecioux called Izatys, where never had a Frenchman been, etc." _Izatys_ is here used not as the name of the village, but as the name of the band--the Isantees. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Memoir memoir NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Archives archive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Ministry Ministry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Marine Marine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _ 15 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Seignelay Seignelay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 1685 1685 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 On on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 2nd 2nd NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord 34 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 July July PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 1679 1679 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 plant plant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Nadouecioux Nadouecioux PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 Izatys Izatys PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 54 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Frenchman frenchman NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ _ 62 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 Izatys Izatys PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 64 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 63 punct _ _ 65 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 66 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 67 advmod _ _ 67 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 68 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 71 advmod _ _ 69 as as ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 76 but but CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 77 as as ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ _ 80 of of ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 -- -- PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 Isantees Isantee PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | past | Archives of the Ministry of the Marine | | Seignelay | DuLuth's Memoir | | the Isantees as the name of the band *conj* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | DuLuth | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the 2nd of July | the honor | | | | I *nsubj*; etc. *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **plant** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the honor *not said here* | DuLuth's Majesty's arms | | the great village of the Nadouecioux | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arm=Theme in village=Destination | | 5 | **call** *in a quote* | past | the great village of the Nadouecioux *not said here* | | | | | Izatys *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | past | | a Frenchman | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frenchman=Patient | | 7 | **use** | present · passive | | Izatys | | here | | the name of the village *obj* | tree rules | | 8 | **name** | | | the village | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **name** | | | the band | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/53/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/)