Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
November 23, 2024
| Signer: Erd, Mary Williamson (1913) Title of film: Death of Minnehaha Number of segments: 41 | ||||
| ASL | English | Segment | URL | |
| THERE(-to-rt) cl-d:BB(wigwam,rt) WITH OLD(1h,bow) FATHER WITH DET-IX(rt) DET-IX(rt) WOLF~SPIRIT LOOK-AT+(-to-lt,int), | In the wigwam with Nokomis, with those gloomy guests, that watched her, | 1 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=1 | |
| WITH EAT gs:NOTHING HUNGRY HOT gs:FEVER, FEMALE~cl-d:B(height,rt) cl:BB(lay-there,lt) DET-IX(lt) LOVE, | With the Famine and the Fever, she was lying, the Beloved, | 2 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=2 | |
| 3P-IX(lt) NEAR(prog) BREATHE(labored) DIE(pitch) M-I-N-N-E-H-A-H-A. | She the dying Minnehaha. | 3 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=3 | |
| minehaha:LISTEN, 3P-IX(lt) TELL(-to-rt) 1P-IX HEAR(pitch) cl-d:55(rushing-water,-to-lt), HEAR(pitch) cl-d:55+(roaring-thunder,rt) cl-d:55(rushing-water,-to-lt) | "Hark!" she said: "I hear a rushing, Hear a roaring and a rushing, | 4 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=4 | |
| HEAR(pitch) THERE(-to-rt) INITIAL-W~cl-d:55(falls-of-Minnehaha,rt_up-to-dn) cl:55(waters-striking-a-wall)+ cl:55(dn,swirling-spray-of-water-up) cl:55(settling-down) M-I-N-N-E-H-A-H-A(rt) pose:open-arms(-to-lt) gs:COME-HERE(-to-lt), TO-1P 1P-IX FAR+(pitch). | Hear the Falls of Minnehaha calling to me from a distance!" | 5 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=5 | |
| old nokomis: pose:hands-clasped pose:pacing pose:stop 1P-POSS BABY(swaying) TELL(-to-lt) OLD(1h,bow) FATHER THERE(rt,pitch) 2P-IX(lt) HEAR(pitch) THAT(1h) ALL-NIGHT WIND-BLOW(up)(swaying) AMONG TALL(lt) TREE(sweep-arc_lt-to-rt), pose:hands-clasped. | "No, my child!" said old Nokomis, "Tis the night-wind in the pine-trees!" | 6 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=6 | |
| minnehaha: pose:hands-down gs:LOOK+ 1P-IX SEE(l-hand,-to-lt) 1P-POSS(r-hand) FATHER pose:arms-folded LONELY~ALONE NEAR cl-d:BB(wigwam) cl-d:BB(wigwam-flaps) pose:arms-folded, | "Look!" she said; "I see my father Standing lonely at his doorway, | 7 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=7 | |
| gs:COME-HERE(-from-lt) COME-HERE(-from-lt) TO-1P(-from-lt) FROM DET-IX-POSS(lt) cl-d:BB(wigwam,lt) FAR+(pitch) LAND~ALL-OVER(-to-rt) D-A-C-O-T-A-H-S. | Beckoning to me from his wigwam In the land of the Dacotahs!" | 8 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=8 | |
| old nokomis:pose:hands-clasped pose:pacing NEGATIVE(up) 1P-POSS BABY TELL-2P(-to-lt) OLD(1h) FATHER THERE(-to-lc) THAT(1h) 2P-IX SEE RED~FIRE cl:55(smoke) BLACK cl:55(smoke,2h-to-1h_floating-to-rt) old nokomis:pose:hands-clasped pose:pacing NEGATIVE(up) 1P-POSS BABY TELL-2P(-to-lt) OLD(1h) FATHER THERE(-to-lc) THAT(1h) 2P-IX SEE RED~FIRE-to-cl:55(smoke) BLACK cl:55(smoke,2h-to-1h_floating-to-rt) | "No, my child!" said old Nokomis, "''Tis the smoke, that waves and beckons!" | 9 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=9 | |
| minnehaha:pose:hands-on-chest pose:hands-up(in_fear) pose:hands-up(in_fear) EYES 3P-POSS DIE(pitch) LOOK-AT-1P ACROSS DARK(pitch,int). | "Ah!" she said, "the eyes of Pauguk Glare upon me in the darkness, | 10 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=10 | |
| IP-IX NOW FEEL 3P-POSS(lc) COLD HANDS LEAD(-to-lc) 1P-POSS ACROSS(lt) UNSEEN~DARK(pitch,lt). | I can feel his icy fingers Clasping mine amid the darkness! | 11 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=11 | |
| pose:reach-out(-to-rt) H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A! pose:reach-out(-to-rt) H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A! | Hiawatha! Hiawatha!" | 12 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=12 | |
| pose:pacing TROUBLE THINK(circ,1x) H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A FAR++(pitch,-to-rt) GO-AWAY(-to-rt) AMONG(rt) TREE(arc,rt) | And the desolate Hiawatha, Far away amid the forest, | 13 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=13 | |
| FAR+(pitch,rt) cl-trace:1(wandering,-to-rt) ROCK~cl-d:BB(mountains,lt)~cl-d:BB(mountains,rt) HEAR(pitch) HAPPEN(restr) YELL(pitch-to-rt). | Miles away among the mountains, Heard that sudden cry of anguish, | 14 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=14 | |
| DURING(rest) HEAR(pitch,l-hand) YELL(pitch,r-hand,-to-rt) 3P-POSS(lt) M-I-N-N-E-H-A-H-A pose:reach-out(-to-rt) gs:COME-HERE+(-to-lt) ACROSS(pitch,lt) DARK(pitch,lt). | Heard the voice of Minnehaha Calling to him in the darkness, | 15 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=15 | |
| pose:reach-out(-to-rt) H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A(rt) pose:reach-out(-to-rt) H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A(rt) pose:head-on-despairing. | "Hiawatha! Hiawatha!" | 16 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=16 | |
| ACROSS(pitch,-to-lt) WHITE~SNOW cl-d:55(covered,lt-to-rt)~cl:55+(fields), WAY(winding,-to-lt) gs:NOTHING BELOW(rt) TREE+(arc,rt) WHITE~SNOW(rt) cl-d:55+(covered-up),rt) cl:55+(branches-hanging-arched) cl:55+(alt,push-branches-away) cl:55+(alt,branches-swaying), | Over snow-fields waste and pathless, Under snow-encumbered branches, | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=17 | |
| EAT~BED GOING(-to-lt)/pose:running(-to-lt) H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A, gs:NOTHING EAT THING IN HANDS BRING(pitch,rt-to-lt), TIRED(pitch), HEART~HEAVY(pitch) pose:pacing. | Homeward hurried Hiawatha, Empty-handed, heavy-hearted, | 18 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=18 | |
| HEAR(pitch) OLD(1h,bow) FATHER pose:arms-crossed(swaying), pose:face-in-hands(crying), pose:hands-raised-to-hands-clasped. | Heard Nokomis moaning, wailing: "Wahonowin! Wahonowin!" | 19 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=19 | |
| old nokomis: ALLOW(rf) 3P-HON(lt) M-I-N-N-E-H-A-H-A pose:hands-clasped(-to-lt), ALLOW(up) 1P-IX BEFORE(pitch) DIE(2h,pitch) FOR 3P-IX(lt), ALLOW 1P-IX NOW DIE(pitch) SAME 3P-IX, pose:hands-clasped(pacing), pose:face-in-hand(moaning). | "Would that I had perished for you, Would that I were dead as you are! Wahonowin! Wahonowin!" | 20 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=20 | |
| THEN H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A, RUN-FAST cl-d:BB(wigwam,rt) cl-d:BB(flaps,rt) ENTER(rt). | And he rushed into the wigwam, | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=21 | |
| SEE(rt) OLD(rt,1h,bow) FATHER(rt) pose:arms-crossed(swaying,rt) | Saw the old Nokomis slowly Rocking to and fro and moaning, | 22 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=22 | |
| SEE(-to-lt) 1P-POSS BEAUTIFUL M-I-N-N-E-H-A-H-A, gs:LAY-THERE(2h,lt) DIE(2h,pitch) pose:hand-on-hand(lt) COLD IN-FRONT-OF(lt), pose:arms-folded(-to-rt) pose:step-back/pose:grab-throat(1h), | Saw his lovely Minnehaha Lying dead and cold before him, | 23 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=23 | |
| THEN H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A HEART(pitch) FULL cl:55(bursting) BREAK(abrupt_rel), YELL(pitch,2h,-to-rt) cl:BB(pitch,strike-against,rt) cl:BB(pitch,strike-against,lt) HEAR(pitch) cl:55(shaking-spreads) | And his bursting heart within him Uttered such a cry of anguish, | 24 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=24 | |
| TREE(arc,lt-to-rt) cl:55(trees-shaking,rt-to-lt) cl:55(trees-swaying,lt-to-rt). | That the forest moaned and shuddered, | 25 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=25 | |
| pose:step-back YELL(pitch,2h) BRING(up,pitch,-to-rt) cl:BB(pitch,strike-against-rt) cl:BB(pitch,strike-against-lt) HEAR(pitch) cl:55(up,shaking-spreads), STAR++(lt-to-rt) SKY cl:5(stars-shake,lt-to-rt), FEEL SAME(lt) WITH 3P-POSS(lt) GRIEVE(bow). | That the very stars in heaven Shook and trembled with his anguish. | 26 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=26 | |
| THEN H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A gs:SIT(lt) QUIET HUSH pose:arms-folded ON(lt) cl-d:BB(bed-length,lt) BED 3P-POSS(lt) M-I-N-N-E-H-A-H-A, | Then he sat down, still and speechless, On the bed of Minnehaha, | 27 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=27 | |
| NEAR(lc) FEET 3P-POSS(lt) SMILE WATER, | At the feet of Laughing Water, | 28 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=28 | |
| NEAR 3P-POSS(lt) APPRECIATE SURRENDER(bow) FEET FUTURE (neg)NEVER(pitch) FROM-THEN-ON LIGHT-WEIGHT pose:running(-to-lt) MEET(-to-lt), gs:NOTHING FROM-THEN-ON LIGHT-WEIGHT FOLLOW+(pitch,-to-ctr-to-rt). | At those willing feet, that nevermore would lightly run to meet him, Nevermore would follow. | 29 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=29 | |
| H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A pose:face-in-hands(kneeling_lt) gs:SEVEN LONG DAY~ALL-NIGHT+(exp,rt-to-lt) CONTINUE(pitch) SAME(pitch) THAT(1h,lt) | With both hands his face he covered, Seven long days and nights he sat there, | 30 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=30 | |
| SAY gs:NOTHING WORD++(arc,lt-to-lc) DO(pitch,rt) gs:NOTHING SEEM SAME KNOW gs:NOTHING WHEN ALL-NIGHT~cl:C//B(sunrise,lt) RED~cl:5(glimmer,lt), KNOW(pitch) gs:NOTHING WHEN AFTERNOON~cl:F//B(sunset,rt) cl:B(darkness-come-down,rt) DARK(rt) SUN~cl:C(moonrise-to-apex,rt) | As if in a swoon he sat there, Speechless, motionless, unconscious Of the daylight or the darkness. | 31 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=31 | |
| THEN INDIAN CLASS(rt) cl-p:55(walking-in-line,-to-lt) cl:BB(bring-and-lay-body-in-ground,lt) PUT(lt) BELOW(lt) LAND~cl:55(cover-up,lt) BODY 3P-POSS(lt) M-I-N-N-E-H-A-H-A. | Then they buried Minnehaha; In the snow a grave they made her...... | 32 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=32 | |
| THEN H-I-A-W-A-T-H-A (pacing) pose:arms-crossed pose:arms-folded pose:face-in-hand pose:arms-folded gs:LOOK+(lt) | .... From the bed of Minnehaha, Stood and watched it at the doorway...... | 33 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=33 | |
| YELL(pitch,-to-lt) M-I-N-N-E-H-A-H-A pose:hands-clasped gs:FAREWELL(1h,-to-lt) gs:FAREWELL(2h,-to-lt) 1P-POSS(pitch,lt) SMILE(lt) WATER(rt), | "Farewell!" said he, "Minnehaha! Farewell, O my Laughing Water!" | 34 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=34 | |
| ALL(pitch) 1P-POSS HEART PUT(lt) BELOW(lt) LAND~cl:55(cover-up,lt) WITH 2P-IX(lt) ALL(pitch) 1P-POSS THINKING GOING(-to-lt) RELATED(pitch,-to-lt) WITH 2P-IX(lt) | All my heart is buried with you, All my thoughts go onward with you! | 35 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=35 | |
| COMING(-from-lt) NEGATIVE(up) AGAIN HERE WORLD FOR WORK DO(pitch) gs:NOTHING(pitch), COMING(-from-lt) NEGATIVE(up) AGAIN HERE WORLD FOR SUFFER~PAIN. | Come not back again to labor, Come not back again to suffer, | 36 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=36 | |
| EARTH(rt) HERE(rt) EAT gs:NOTHING HUNGRY HOT~gs:FEVER GRIEVE(bow) HEART HARM BODY THIN cl-d:BB(thin-body) TIRED. | Where the Famine and the Fever, Wear the heart and waste the body | 37 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=37 | |
| FUTURE LITTLE-BIT TIME-PERIOD 1P-IX GOING(1x-to-lt) 1P-POSS DUTY DO ON EARTH END, FUTURE LITTLE-BIT TIME-PERIOD PASS THEN 2P-POSS(lt) cl:1(feet) WALK++(-to-lt) 1P-IX FUTURE FOLLOW(pitch) FAR+(pitch,1-hs) | Soon my task will be completed, Soon your footsteps I shall follow | 38 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=38 | |
| TO LAND~cl:55(up,spread) PLACE(up) ALL(pitch) SPIRIT GOD(l-hand) END(rf) BLESS, | To the Islands of the Blessed, | 39 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=39 | |
| GOING(up,lt) TO(lt) KING~OVER-ALL GO(up)(1-hs,lt) 3P-POSS(up,lt) SUPERIOR SPIRIT | To the Kingdom of Ponemah, | 40 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=40 | |
| GOING(up,lt) TO(lt) LAND~cl:55(up,spread,lt) ALWAYS FUTURE HAPPY STILL pose:arms-folded | To the Land of the Hereafter! | 41 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&keyid=41 | |