Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Books in the Indian Language, sentence 10

Se-quoyah never learned to read or to write a word or a letter of English, and his anger was aroused when he saw one of his tribe reading a book made by the hated white people; Se-quoyah then declared he would make as good a one for the Cherokees, and he did.

Who acts: Se quoyah, Georgia, tribe · What happens: not learn, read, write, arouse, see, make · To what, where: word, anger, one, book, English · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Books in the Indian Language. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Se quoyah, Georgia, tribe), 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	Se	se	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quoyah	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Se	punct
3	quoyah	quoyah	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learned	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 learned	advmod
5	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 read	mark
7	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 learned	xcomp
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 write	cc
9	to	to	PART	_	10 write	mark
10	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 read	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 word	det
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 write	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 letter	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 letter	det
15	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 word	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 English	case
17	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 letter	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 aroused	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 aroused	cc
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 anger	nmod:poss
21	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 aroused	nsubj:pass
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 aroused	aux:pass
23	aroused	arouse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 learned	conj
24	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	26 saw	advmod
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 saw	nsubj
26	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 aroused	advcl
27	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	26 saw	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 tribe	case
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 tribe	nmod:poss
30	tribe	tribe	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 one	nmod
31	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	30 tribe	acl
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 book	det
33	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 reading	obj
34	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 book	acl
35	by	by	ADP	_	39 people	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 people	det
37	hated	hate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 people	amod
38	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 people	amod
39	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 made	obl:agent
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	45 declared	punct
41	Se	Se	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 quoyah	compound
42	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 Se	punct
43	quoyah	quoyah	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 declared	nsubj
44	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	45 declared	advmod
45	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 learned	conj
46	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 make	nsubj
47	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 make	aux
48	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 declared	ccomp
49	as	as	ADV	_	50 good	advmod
50	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 make	xcomp
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 one	det
52	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	48 make	xcomp
53	for	for	ADP	_	55 Cherokees	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 Cherokees	det
55	Cherokees	Cherokee	PROPN	Number=Plur	52 one	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 did	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 did	cc
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 did	nsubj
59	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 declared	advcl
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 learned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not learn	past	Se quoyah				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	read	to-infinitive	Se quoyah not said here				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	write	to-infinitive	Se quoyah not said here	a word or a letter of English			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
4	arouse	past · passive		Georgia's anger			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
5	see	past	Georgia	one of Georgia's tribe			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
6	read	gerund	Georgia's tribe not said here	a book			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic
7	make	participle		a book not said here		the hated white people obl:agent	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
8	hate	participle					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
9	declare speech: other	past	Se quoyah		then		vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
10	make	would	Georgia			a one for the Cherokees xcomp; good property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11	do	past	Georgia				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	letter			English			nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient
13	anger		Georgia				nom anger «feeling intransitive»: 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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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Books in the Indian Language, sentence 10