Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Introductory—indian Stories, sentence 14
Many of these Chippewa stories which they are telling of him even now are woven into the poem of Hiawatha, as the poet thought that Iroquois name more musical than Menabozho, and, like many others, supposed the Iroquois and the Chippewas to be the same people.
Who acts: Chippewa stories, poet, Iroquois · What happens: tell, weave, think, name, suppose, be · To what, where: Many, poem, musical, same people · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Introductory—indian Stories. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Chippewa stories, poet, Iroquois), 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 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 woven | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 stories | case |
| 3 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 stories | det |
| 4 | Chippewa | Chippewa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 stories | compound |
| 5 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Many | nmod |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 telling | nsubj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 telling | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 telling | aux |
| 9 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 stories | acl:relcl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 telling | obl |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 now | advmod |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 telling | advmod |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 woven | aux:pass |
| 15 | woven | weave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 poem | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 poem | det |
| 18 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 woven | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Hiawatha | case |
| 20 | Hiawatha | Hiawatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 poem | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 thought | punct |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 25 thought | mark |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 poet | det |
| 24 | poet | poet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 thought | nsubj |
| 25 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 woven | parataxis |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 name | mark |
| 27 | Iroquois | Iroquois | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 name | nsubj |
| 28 | name | name | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 thought | ccomp |
| 29 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 30 musical | advmod |
| 30 | musical | musical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 name | obj |
| 31 | than | than | ADP | _ | 32 Menabozho | case |
| 32 | Menabozho | Menabozho | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 musical | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 supposed | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 supposed | cc |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 and | punct |
| 36 | like | like | ADP | _ | 38 others | case |
| 37 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 others | amod |
| 38 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 supposed | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 others | punct |
| 40 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 thought | conj |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Iroquois | det |
| 42 | Iroquois | Iroquois | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 supposed | xcomp |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 Chippewas | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Chippewas | det |
| 45 | Chippewas | chippewa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 Iroquois | conj |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 people | mark |
| 47 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 50 people | cop |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 people | det |
| 49 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 people | amod |
| 50 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 supposed | obl:agent |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 woven | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · progressive | this Chippewa stories | now | of Henry; stories = story nsubj | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | weave | present · passive | Many of this Chippewa stories | the poem of Hiawatha | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into poem=Product | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | the poet | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | name | present | Iroquois | musical than Menabozho | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent musical=Theme | ||||
| 5 | suppose | participle | the poet not said here | like many others; the Iroquois and the Chippewas xcomp | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | is a | to-infinitive | the same people | 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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