--- title: They were hardly more than camping grounds, occupied at intervals an… — Legends of the Northwest · tree and pragmatics description: They were hardly more than camping grounds, occupied at intervals and for longer or shorter periods, as suited the convenience of the hunters: yet there were certain places, like Mille Lacs, the Falls of St. Anthony, Kapóza (near St. Paul), Remnica, (where the city of Red Wing now stands), and Keúxa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/57/) [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/) / 57 # Legends of the Northwest, In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5, sentence 57 They were hardly more than camping grounds, occupied at intervals and for longer or shorter periods, as suited the convenience of the hunters: yet there were certain places, like Mille Lacs, the Falls of St. Anthony, Kapóza (near St. Paul), Remnica, (where the city of Red Wing now stands), and Keúxa (or Keóza) on the site of the city of Winona, so frequently occupied by several of the bands as to be considered their chief villages respectively.\] **Who acts:** villages, certain places, city · **What happens:** be, camp, occupy, suit, stand, consider · **To what, where:** intervals, convenience, Mille Lacs, chief villages 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 (villages, certain places, city), 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:pg8122:22:57 # text = They were hardly more than camping grounds, occupied at intervals and for longer or shorter periods, as suited the convenience of the hunters: yet there were certain places, like Mille Lacs, the Falls of St. Anthony, Kapóza (near St. Paul), Remnica, (where the city of Red Wing now stands), and Keúxa (or Keóza) on the site of the city of Winona, so frequently occupied by several of the bands as to be considered their chief villages respectively.] 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 camping camp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 occupied occupy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 intervals interval NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 conj _ _ 17 periods period NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 suited suit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 convenience convenience NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 like like ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 Mille Mille PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Lacs Lac PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Falls Falls PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:desc _ _ 41 Anthony Anthony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 Kapóza Kapóza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 near near ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod:desc _ _ 47 Paul Paul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Remnica Remnica PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 52 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 60 advmod _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 Red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 Wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 60 advmod _ _ 60 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 Keúxa Keúxa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 65 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 or or CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 Keóza Keóza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 67 punct _ _ 69 on on ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 site site NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 Winona Winona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 78 so so ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ _ 79 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ _ 80 occupied occupy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 81 by by ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 82 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 85 amod _ _ 83 of of ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 bands band NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 obl _ _ 86 as as SCONJ IN _ 89 mark _ _ 87 to to PART TO _ 89 mark _ _ 88 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 89 aux:pass _ _ 89 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 80 advcl _ _ 90 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 92 nmod:poss _ _ 91 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 92 amod _ _ 92 villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 89 obj _ _ 93 respectively respectively ADV RB _ 89 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 95 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | villages *= village* | | | | | than camping grounds; hardly, more *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **camp** | gerund | | | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **occupy** | participle | | | | intervals and periods | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **suit** | participle | | the convenience of the hunters | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | certain places like Mille Lacs Keúxa on the site of the city of Winona and the Falls of Anthony St. and Kapóza | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | present | the city of Red Wing | | | | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **occupy** | participle | | Mille Lacs Keúxa on the site of the city of Winona and the Falls of Anthony St. and Kapóza *not said here* | | | | by the several bands; frequently *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **consider** | to-infinitive · passive | | villages's chief villages | | | | respectively *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: village=Attribute | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/56/) - next →: [Footnotes to the Sea-gull:, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/23/1/) - ↑ back to [In the Measure of Hiawatha, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8122/22/)