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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, XXXI. the Woman in the Moon, sentence 3

She knew all the plants that gave medicine; she could tell of things that would happen to her tribe or her family many moons before the things came to pass; but she did not know one thing.

Who acts: woman, plants, things · What happens: know, give, tell, happen, come, pass · To what, where: plants, medicine, many moons, tribe, one thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, XXXI. the Woman in the Moon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, plants, things), 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

nsubjdet:predetdetobjnsubjacl:relclobjpunctnsubjauxconjcaseoblnsubjauxacl:relclcasenmod:possoblccnmod:possconjamodobjmarkdetnsubjadvclmarkxcomppunctccnsubjauxadvmodconjnummodobjpunctrootShePRONknewVERBallDETtheDETplantsNOUNthatPRONgaveVERBmedicineNOUN;PUNCTshePRONcouldAUXtellVERBofADPthingsNOUNthatPRONwouldAUXhappenVERBtoADPherPRONtribeNOUNorCCONJherPRONfamilyNOUNmanyADJmoonsNOUNbeforeSCONJtheDETthingsNOUNcameVERBtoPARTpassVERB;PUNCTbutCCONJshePRONdidAUXnotPARTknowVERBoneNUMthingNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 knewnsubj
2knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3allallDETPronType=Tot5 plantsdet:predet
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 plantsdet
5plantsplantNOUNNumber=Plur2 knewobj
6thatthatPRONPronType=Rel7 gavensubj
7gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 plantsacl:relcl
8medicinemedicineNOUNNumber=Sing7 gaveobj
9;;PUNCT_12 tellpunct
10sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 tellnsubj
11couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin12 tellaux
12telltellVERBVerbForm=Inf2 knewconj
13ofofADP_14 thingscase
14thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur12 tellobl
15thatthatPRONPronType=Rel17 happennsubj
16wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin17 happenaux
17happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Inf14 thingsacl:relcl
18totoADP_20 tribecase
19herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 tribenmod:poss
20tribetribeNOUNNumber=Sing12 tellobl
21ororCCONJ_23 familycc
22herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 familynmod:poss
23familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing20 tribeconj
24manymanyADJDegree=Pos25 moonsamod
25moonsmoonNOUNNumber=Plur12 tellobj
26beforebeforeSCONJ_29 camemark
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 thingsdet
28thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur29 camensubj
29camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 telladvcl
30totoPART_31 passmark
31passpassVERBVerbForm=Inf29 camexcomp
32;;PUNCT_37 knowpunct
33butbutCCONJ_37 knowcc
34sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 knownsubj
35diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 knowaux
36notnotPARTPolarity=Neg37 knowadvmod
37knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf2 knewconj
38oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card39 thingnummod
39thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing37 knowobj
40..PUNCT_2 knewpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1knowpastwomanall plantsvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer plant=Stimulus
2givepastall plantsmedicinevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme
3tell speech: assertcouldwomanmany moonswoman's tribe or woman's familyof thingsvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent moon=Topic to tribe=Recipient
4happenwouldthingsvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5comepastthe thingstree rules
6passto-infinitivethe things not said herevn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7not knowpast · do-supportwomanone thingvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=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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