Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, XIX. the Marriage of Mondahmin, sentence 13
He gave thanks for his life, and a sister was given to him, for the wigwams were empty and he was alone.
Who acts: other, wigwams · What happens: give, be · To what, where: thanks, sister, other
This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, XIX. the Marriage of Mondahmin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other, wigwams), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 life | nmod:poss |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thanks | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 given | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 given | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sister | det |
| 10 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 given | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 given | aux:pass |
| 12 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 gave | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 given | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 empty | punct |
| 16 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 20 empty | mark |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 wigwams | det |
| 18 | wigwams | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 empty | nsubj |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 empty | cop |
| 20 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 given | advcl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 alone | cc |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 alone | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 alone | cop |
| 24 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 20 empty | conj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | other | thanks | for other's life | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme for life=Asset | |||
| 2 | give | past · passive | a sister | other | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is | past | the wigwams | empty property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | past | other | alone property | 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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