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description: (In pronouncing Dakota words give "a" the sound of "ah"--"e" the sound of "a"--"i" the sound of "e" and "u" the sound of "oo," sound "ee" as in English. Who acts: pronouncing Dakota words. A sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, A Legend of the Dakotas., with its dependenc
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# Legends of the Northwest, A Legend of the Dakotas., sentence 1

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(In pronouncing Dakota words give "a" the sound of "ah"--"e" the sound of "a"--"i" the sound of "e" and "u" the sound of "oo," sound "ee" as in English.

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**Who acts:** pronouncing Dakota words · **What happens:** pronounce, give · **To what, where:** sound

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the Northwest» by Hanford Lennox Gordon, A Legend of the Dakotas.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pronouncing Dakota words), 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:pg8122:5:1
# text = (In pronouncing Dakota words give "a" the sound of "ah"--"e" the sound of "a"--"i" the sound of "e" and "u" the sound of "oo," sound "ee" as in English.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	pronouncing	pronounce	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
4	Dakota	Dakota	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
23	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	i	i	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	28	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	34	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	u	u	NOUN	NN	_	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	38	punct	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	oo	oo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	47	punct	_	_
47	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
48	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	ee	ee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	49	punct	_	_
51	as	as	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pronounce** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | present | pronouncing Dakota words | a sound |  |  |  | e *obj* | 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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