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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Introductory—indian Stories, sentence 5

They once believed that everything had its manitou, or spirit, which took care of it, but by their contact with the white people they have lost much of their fear of these manitous, and also much of their faith in their power.

Who acts: Indians, everything, spirit, matter · What happens: believe, have, take, lose, care, contact · To what, where: manitou, care, much · 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 (Indians, everything, spirit, matter), 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

nsubjadvmodmarknsubjccompnmod:possobjpunctccconjpunctnsubjacl:relclobjcasenmodpunctcccasenmod:possoblcasedetamodnmodnsubjauxparataxisobjcasenmod:possnmodmarkdetaclpunctccadvmodconjcasenmod:possnmodcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootTheyPRONonceADVbelievedVERBthatSCONJeverythingPRONhadVERBitsPRONmanitouNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJspiritNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONtookVERBcareNOUNofADPitPRON,PUNCTbutCCONJbyADPtheirPRONcontactNOUNwithADPtheDETwhiteADJpeopleNOUNtheyPRONhaveAUXlostVERBmuchADJofADPtheirPRONfearNOUNofSCONJtheseDETmanitousADJ,PUNCTandCCONJalsoADVmuchADJofADPtheirPRONfaithNOUNinADPtheirPRONpowerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 believednsubj
2onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult3 believedadvmod
3believedbelieveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_6 hadmark
5everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot6 hadnsubj
6hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 believedccomp
7itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 manitounmod:poss
8manitoumanitouNOUNNumber=Sing6 hadobj
9,,PUNCT_11 spiritpunct
10ororCCONJ_11 spiritcc
11spiritspiritNOUNNumber=Sing6 hadconj
12,,PUNCT_14 tookpunct
13whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel14 tooknsubj
14tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 spiritacl:relcl
15carecareNOUNNumber=Sing14 tookobj
16ofofADP_17 itcase
17ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 carenmod
18,,PUNCT_29 lostpunct
19butbutCCONJ_29 lostcc
20bybyADP_22 contactcase
21theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 contactnmod:poss
22contactcontactNOUNNumber=Sing29 lostobl
23withwithADP_26 peoplecase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 peopledet
25whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos26 peopleamod
26peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur22 contactnmod
27theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs29 lostnsubj
28havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 lostaux
29lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part3 believedparataxis
30muchmuchADJDegree=Pos29 lostobj
31ofofADP_33 fearcase
32theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 fearnmod:poss
33fearfearNOUNNumber=Sing30 muchnmod
34ofofSCONJ_36 manitousmark
35thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem36 manitousdet
36manitousmanitousADJDegree=Pos33 fearacl
37,,PUNCT_40 muchpunct
38andandCCONJ_40 muchcc
39alsoalsoADV_40 muchadvmod
40muchmuchADJDegree=Pos29 lostconj
41ofofADP_43 faithcase
42theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 faithnmod:poss
43faithfaithNOUNNumber=Sing40 muchnmod
44ininADP_46 powercase
45theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 powernmod:poss
46powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing43 faithnmod
47..PUNCT_3 believedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1believepastIndians = indianonce propertyvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2havepasteverythingmatter's manitouspirit conjvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manitou=Patient
3takepastspiritcare of mattervn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme
4losepresent · perfectIndians = indianmuch of Indians's fearby Indians's contact with the white peoplevn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Eventuality
5carematternom care «act intransitive»: of=agent
6contactIndians = indianwith the white peoplenom contact «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl
7fearIndians = indiannom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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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