Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Sioux and Chippewas of Minnesota, sentence 15
During the conflict a trader attempted to bargain with the Sioux for furs, after having had dealings with a band of Chippewas.
Who acts: trader · What happens: attempt, bargain, have · To what, where: dealings
This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Sioux and Chippewas of Minnesota. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trader), 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 conflict | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 conflict | det |
| 3 | conflict | conflict | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attempted | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 trader | det |
| 5 | trader | trader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 attempted | nsubj |
| 6 | attempted | attempt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 bargain | mark |
| 8 | bargain | bargain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 attempted | xcomp |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 Sioux | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Sioux | det |
| 11 | Sioux | Sioux | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 bargain | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 furs | case |
| 13 | furs | fur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bargain | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 having | punct |
| 15 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 16 having | mark |
| 16 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 attempted | advcl |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 dealings | aux |
| 18 | dealings | dealing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 having | obj |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 band | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 band | det |
| 21 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 having | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Chippewas | case |
| 23 | Chippewas | chippewa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 band | nmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 attempted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attempt | participle | a trader | during the conflict | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | bargain not said to happen | to-infinitive | a trader not said here | with the Sioux; for furs | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with sioux=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | have | gerund | a trader not said here | dealings | with a band of Chippewas | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dealing=Patient |
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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