Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, XX. the Prairie Dandelion, sentence 18
It was only the prairie dandelion, and the crown that Shawondasee thought the north wind had given her was only her crown of feathery seeds; but the lazy Shawondasee never knew the secret, and mourned for his loss and envied his brother.
Who acts: air, Shawondasee, crown, lazy Shawondasee · What happens: be, think, give, not know, mourn, envy · To what, where: prairie dandelion, crown, north wind, secret, brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, XX. the Prairie Dandelion. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (air, Shawondasee, crown, lazy Shawondasee), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dandelion | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dandelion | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 dandelion | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dandelion | det |
| 5 | prairie | prairie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dandelion | compound |
| 6 | dandelion | dandelion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 crown | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 crown | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 crown | det |
| 10 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 crown | nsubj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 thought | obj |
| 12 | Shawondasee | Shawondasee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 thought | nsubj |
| 13 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 crown | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 wind | det |
| 15 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wind | compound |
| 16 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 given | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 given | aux |
| 18 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 thought | ccomp |
| 19 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 given | obj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 crown | cop |
| 21 | only | only | ADV | _ | 23 crown | advmod |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 crown | nmod:poss |
| 23 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dandelion | conj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 seeds | case |
| 25 | feathery | feathery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 seeds | amod |
| 26 | seeds | seed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 crown | nmod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 knew | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 knew | cc |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Shawondasee | det |
| 30 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 Shawondasee | amod |
| 31 | Shawondasee | Shawondasee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 knew | nsubj |
| 32 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 33 knew | advmod |
| 33 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dandelion | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 secret | det |
| 35 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 knew | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 mourned | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 mourned | cc |
| 38 | mourned | mourn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 knew | parataxis |
| 39 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 loss | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 loss | nmod:poss |
| 41 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 mourned | obl |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 envied | cc |
| 43 | envied | envy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 mourned | conj |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 brother | nmod:poss |
| 45 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 envied | obj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 dandelion | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | air | the prairie dandelion and maiden's crown | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | Shawondasee | the crown | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | give | past · perfect · passive | the north wind | maiden obj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | the crown | maiden's crown | of feathery seeds; maiden nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 5 | not know | past | the lazy Shawondasee | the secret | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | mourn | past | for Shawondasee's loss | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for loss=Attribute | |||||
| 7 | envy | past | Shawondasee's brother | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus |
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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