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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, XLII. the Indian Who Married the Moon, sentence 16

Cloud Catcher went through the clouds into the beautiful country behind the sky, and soon they stopped in front of a great teepee which belonged to a great chief with hair like fire.

Who acts: you, Catcher, stars, great teepee · What happens: cloud, go, stop, belong · To what, where: clouds, front

This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, XLII. the Indian Who Married 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 (you, Catcher, stars, great teepee), 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

nsubjccompcasedetoblcasedetamodoblcasedetoblpunctccadvmodnsubjconjcaseoblcasedetamodnmodnsubjacl:relclcasedetamodoblcasenmodcasenmodpunctrootCloudVERBCatcherPROPNwentVERBthroughADPtheDETcloudsNOUNintoADPtheDETbeautifulADJcountryNOUNbehindADPtheDETskyNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsoonADVtheyPRONstoppedVERBinADPfrontNOUNofADPaDETgreatADJteepeeNOUNwhichPRONbelongedVERBtoADPaDETgreatADJchiefNOUNwithADPhairNOUNlikeADPfireNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CloudcloudVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2CatcherCatcherPROPNNumber=Sing3 wentnsubj
3wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin1 Cloudccomp
4throughthroughADP_6 cloudscase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 cloudsdet
6cloudscloudNOUNNumber=Plur3 wentobl
7intointoADP_10 countrycase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 countrydet
9beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos10 countryamod
10countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing3 wentobl
11behindbehindADP_13 skycase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 skydet
13skyskyNOUNNumber=Sing3 wentobl
14,,PUNCT_18 stoppedpunct
15andandCCONJ_18 stoppedcc
16soonsoonADVDegree=Pos18 stoppedadvmod
17theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs18 stoppednsubj
18stoppedstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 wentconj
19ininADP_20 frontcase
20frontfrontNOUNNumber=Sing18 stoppedobl
21ofofADP_24 teepeecase
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 teepeedet
23greatgreatADJDegree=Pos24 teepeeamod
24teepeeteepeeNOUNNumber=Sing20 frontnmod
25whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel26 belongednsubj
26belongedbelongVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 teepeeacl:relcl
27totoADP_30 chiefcase
28aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 chiefdet
29greatgreatADJDegree=Pos30 chiefamod
30chiefchiefNOUNNumber=Sing26 belongedobl
31withwithADP_32 haircase
32hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing30 chiefnmod
33likelikeADP_34 firecase
34firefireNOUNNumber=Sing32 hairnmod
35..PUNCT_1 Cloudpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cloudimperativeyou not said heretree rules
2gopastCatcherthe cloudsinto the beautiful country; behind the skyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through cloud=Initial_Location into country=Destination
3stoppaststars = starfront of a great teepeesoon propertyvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location
4belongpasta great teepeeto a great chief with hair like firevn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: 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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