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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Sioux and Chippewas of Minnesota, sentence 29

They were so artistic in their bead and basket work that a lady who saw the point lace made in the mission schools in Japan decided to teach it to all the squaws who would learn the art.

Who acts: lakes, lady, squaws · What happens: be, see, make, decide, teach, learn · To what, where: bead, point lace, mission schools, basket work, lace, squaws

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 (lakes, lady, squaws), 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

nsubjcopadvmodcasenmod:possoblcccompoundconjobl:unmarkeddetnsubjnsubjacl:relcldetcompoundobjaclcasedetcompoundoblcasenmodacl:relclmarkxcompobjcasedet:predetdetoblnsubjauxacl:relcldetobjpunctrootTheyPRONwereAUXsoADVartisticADJinADPtheirPRONbeadNOUNandCCONJbasketNOUNworkNOUNthatPRONaDETladyNOUNwhoPRONsawVERBtheDETpointNOUNlaceNOUNmadeVERBinADPtheDETmissionNOUNschoolsNOUNinADPJapanPROPNdecidedVERBtoPARTteachVERBitPRONtoADPallDETtheDETsquawsNOUNwhoPRONwouldAUXlearnVERBtheDETartNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 artisticnsubj
2werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 artisticcop
3sosoADV_4 artisticadvmod
4artisticartisticADJDegree=Posrootroot
5ininADP_7 beadcase
6theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 beadnmod:poss
7beadbeadNOUNNumber=Sing4 artisticobl
8andandCCONJ_10 workcc
9basketbasketNOUNNumber=Sing10 workcompound
10workworkNOUNNumber=Sing7 beadconj
11thatthatPRONPronType=Rel26 decidedobl:unmarked
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 ladydet
13ladyladyNOUNNumber=Sing26 decidednsubj
14whowhoPRONPronType=Rel15 sawnsubj
15sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 ladyacl:relcl
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 lacedet
17pointpointNOUNNumber=Sing18 lacecompound
18lacelaceNOUNNumber=Sing15 sawobj
19mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass18 laceacl
20ininADP_23 schoolscase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 schoolsdet
22missionmissionNOUNNumber=Sing23 schoolscompound
23schoolsschoolNOUNNumber=Plur19 madeobl
24ininADP_25 Japancase
25JapanJapanPROPNNumber=Sing23 schoolsnmod
26decideddecideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 workacl:relcl
27totoPART_28 teachmark
28teachteachVERBVerbForm=Inf26 decidedxcomp
29ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 teachobj
30totoADP_33 squawscase
31allallDETPronType=Tot33 squawsdet:predet
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 squawsdet
33squawssquawNOUNNumber=Plur28 teachobl
34whowhoPRONPronType=Rel36 learnnsubj
35wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin36 learnaux
36learnlearnVERBVerbForm=Inf33 squawsacl:relcl
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 artdet
38artartNOUNNumber=Sing36 learnobj
39..PUNCT_4 artisticpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastlakes = lakelakes's bead and basket workartistic propertytree rules
2seepasta ladythe point lacevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lace=Stimulus
3makeparticiplethe point lace not said herethe mission schools in Japanvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4decidepasta ladybasket workvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5teach speech: other not said to happento-infinitivea lady not said herelaceall squawsvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to squaw=Recipient
6learnwouldall squawsthe artvn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Topic

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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