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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, XIV. the Little Wolf Brother, sentence 48

He is not good enough for wolves to eat,” said the leader; but to the brother who had done wrong life was worse than being torn by wolves.

Who acts: brother, leader, wolves · What happens: not be, eat, say, do, be, tear · To what, where: wrong life · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, XIV. the Little Wolf Brother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, leader, wolves), 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

nsubjcopadvmodadvmodcaseoblmarkaclpunctpunctconjdetnsubjpunctcccasedetoblnsubjauxacl:relclamodobjcopconjmarkaux:passadvclcaseoblpunctrootHePRONisAUXnotPARTgoodADJenoughADVforADPwolvesNOUNtoPARTeatVERB,PUNCT”PUNCTsaidVERBtheDETleaderNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJtoADPtheDETbrotherNOUNwhoPRONhadAUXdoneVERBwrongADJlifeNOUNwasAUXworseADJthanSCONJbeingAUXtornVERBbyADPwolvesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 goodnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 goodcop
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 goodadvmod
4goodgoodADJDegree=Posrootroot
5enoughenoughADV_4 goodadvmod
6forforADP_7 wolvescase
7wolveswolfNOUNNumber=Plur12 saidobl
8totoPART_9 eatmark
9eateatVERBVerbForm=Inf7 wolvesacl
10,,PUNCT_7 wolvespunct
11”"PUNCT_7 wolvespunct
12saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 goodconj
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 leaderdet
14leaderleaderNOUNNumber=Sing12 saidnsubj
15;;PUNCT_26 worsepunct
16butbutCCONJ_26 worsecc
17totoADP_19 brothercase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 brotherdet
19brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing26 worseobl
20whowhoPRONPronType=Rel22 donensubj
21hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 doneaux
22donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part19 brotheracl:relcl
23wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos24 lifeamod
24lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing22 doneobj
25wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 worsecop
26worsebadADJDegree=Cmp4 goodconj
27thanthanSCONJ_29 tornmark
28beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part29 tornaux:pass
29torntearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass26 worseadvcl
30bybyADP_31 wolvescase
31wolveswolfNOUNNumber=Plur29 tornobl
32..PUNCT_4 goodpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not ispresentbrotherenough, good propertytree rules
2eatto-infinitivethe leader not said herevn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3say speech: assert in a quotepastthe leaderfor wolvesvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4do in a quotepast · perfectthe brotherwrong lifevn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality
5is in a quotepastbrother not said hereto the brother; bad propertytree rules
6tear in a quotegerund · passivewolvesvn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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