Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Opening, sentence 21

In answer to inquiries the compiler desires to state that according to the census reports of 1900 there are fifteen American cities any one of which contains more inhabitants than the total number, 266,760, of our taxed and untaxed American Indians; of these nearly one half are in Indian Territory, Alaska, and Arizona.

Who acts: compiler, one · What happens: desire, state, accord, be, contain, tax · To what, where: answer, more inhabitants, Indian Territory

This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (compiler, one), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 answer	case
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 desires	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 inquiries	case
4	inquiries	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 answer	nmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 compiler	det
6	compiler	compiler	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 desires	nsubj
7	desires	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 state	mark
9	state	state	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 desires	xcomp
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 reports	mark
11	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 reports	case
12	to	to	ADP	_	11 according	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 reports	det
14	census	census	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reports	compound
15	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 state	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 1900	case
17	1900	1900	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 reports	nmod
18	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	19 are	expl
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 reports	cop
20	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 cities	nummod
21	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 cities	amod
22	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 are	nsubj
23	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	24 one	det
24	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cities	appos
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 which	case
26	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 contains	nsubj
27	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 one	acl:relcl
28	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	29 inhabitants	amod
29	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 contains	obj
30	than	than	ADP	_	33 number	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 number	det
32	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 number	amod
33	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 contains	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 266,760	punct
35	266,760	266,760	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	22 cities	conj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 Indians	punct
37	of	of	ADP	_	43 Indians	case
38	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 Indians	nmod:poss
39	taxed	tax	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 Indians	amod
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 untaxed	cc
41	untaxed	untax	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 taxed	conj
42	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 Indians	amod
43	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	19 are	obl
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	53 Territory	punct
45	of	of	ADP	_	49 half	case
46	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	49 half	det
47	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	48 one	advmod
48	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	49 half	nummod
49	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	53 Territory	obl
50	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 Territory	cop
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 Territory	case
52	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 Territory	amod
53	Territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 are	parataxis
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 Alaska	punct
55	Alaska	Alaska	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 Territory	vocative
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 Arizona	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 Arizona	cc
58	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 Territory	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 desires	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	desire	present	the compiler		answer to inquiries		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	state speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	the compiler not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	is	present				accord the census reports; of 1900	tree rules
5	contain	present	any one	more inhabitants		than the total number	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot inhabitant=Theme
6	tax	participle					vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
7	untax	participle					tree rules
8	is	present			Indian Territory	of this one half; Alaska vocative; Arizona obl	tree rules

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: «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Project Gutenberg book 73136 (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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🌲 Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Opening, sentence 21

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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Opening, sentence 21