Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Indian Traits, sentence 34
For some reason they did not offer to hurt him; they, however, were willing to make themselves richer by whatever they could get from him.
Who acts: Indians · What happens: not offer, hurt, be, make, get · To what, where: professor, Indians
This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Indian Traits. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Indians), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 reason | case |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offer | obl |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 offer | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 offer | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 offer | advmod |
| 7 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 hurt | mark |
| 9 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 offer | xcomp |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hurt | obj |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 willing | punct |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 willing | nsubj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 they | punct |
| 14 | however | however | ADV | _ | 17 willing | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 however | punct |
| 16 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 willing | cop |
| 17 | willing | willing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 offer | parataxis |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 make | mark |
| 19 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 willing | xcomp |
| 20 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 19 make | obj |
| 21 | richer | rich | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 19 make | xcomp |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 whatever | case |
| 23 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 richer | obl |
| 24 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 get | nsubj |
| 25 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 get | aux |
| 26 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 27 | from | from | ADP | _ | 28 him | case |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 get | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 offer | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not offer | past · do-support | Indians = indian | for some reason | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hurt not said to happen | to-infinitive | Indians = indian not said here | professor | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Indians = indian | however, willing property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | make | to-infinitive | Indians = indian not said here | Indians = indian | rich property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset themselves=Product | |||
| 5 | get | could | Indians = indian | from professor | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from he=Destination |
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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