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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Introductory—the Indians’ Present Condition, sentence 4

A number of tribes have become much like the white man, and live in houses and have large numbers of horses and cattle upon the plains or on their farms in the east; other tribes, proud of their ancient customs, still try to live as nearly as possible in the way of their ancestors.

Who acts: number · What happens: become, live, have, try · To what, where: other tribes, houses, large numbers, way

This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Introductory—the Indians’ Present Condition. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (number), 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

detnsubjcasenmodauxadvmodcasedetamodoblpunctccparataxiscaseoblccconjamodobjcasenmodccconjcasedetoblcccasenmod:possconjcasedetnmodpunctamodoblpunctamodcasenmod:possamodoblpunctadvmodconjmarkxcompadvmodadvmodmarkadvclcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootADETnumberNOUNofADPtribesNOUNhaveAUXbecomeVERBmuchADVlikeADPtheDETwhiteADJmanNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJliveVERBinADPhousesNOUNandCCONJhaveVERBlargeADJnumbersNOUNofADPhorsesNOUNandCCONJcattleNOUNuponADPtheDETplainsNOUNorCCONJonADPtheirPRONfarmsNOUNinADPtheDETeastNOUN;PUNCTotherADJtribesNOUN,PUNCTproudADJofADPtheirPRONancientADJcustomsNOUN,PUNCTstillADVtryVERBtoPARTliveVERBasADVnearlyADVasSCONJpossibleADJinADPtheDETwayNOUNofADPtheirPRONancestorsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 numberdet
2numbernumberNOUNNumber=Sing6 becomensubj
3ofofADP_4 tribescase
4tribestribeNOUNNumber=Plur2 numbernmod
5havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 becomeaux
6becomebecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
7muchmuchADV_6 becomeadvmod
8likelikeADP_11 mancase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 mandet
10whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos11 manamod
11manmanNOUNNumber=Sing6 becomeobl
12,,PUNCT_14 livepunct
13andandCCONJ_14 livecc
14liveliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 becomeparataxis
15ininADP_16 housescase
16houseshouseNOUNNumber=Plur14 liveobl
17andandCCONJ_18 havecc
18havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 liveconj
19largelargeADJDegree=Pos20 numbersamod
20numbersnumberNOUNNumber=Plur18 haveobj
21ofofADP_22 horsescase
22horseshorseNOUNNumber=Plur20 numbersnmod
23andandCCONJ_24 cattlecc
24cattlecattleNOUNNumber=Plur22 horsesconj
25uponuponADP_27 plainscase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 plainsdet
27plainsplainNOUNNumber=Plur18 haveobl
28ororCCONJ_31 farmscc
29ononADP_31 farmscase
30theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 farmsnmod:poss
31farmsfarmNOUNNumber=Plur27 plainsconj
32ininADP_34 eastcase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 eastdet
34easteastNOUNNumber=Sing31 farmsnmod
35;;PUNCT_37 tribespunct
36otherotherADJDegree=Pos37 tribesamod
37tribestribeNOUNNumber=Plur14 liveobl
38,,PUNCT_39 proudpunct
39proudproudADJDegree=Pos37 tribesamod
40ofofADP_43 customscase
41theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 customsnmod:poss
42ancientancientADJDegree=Pos43 customsamod
43customscustomNOUNNumber=Plur39 proudobl
44,,PUNCT_46 trypunct
45stillstillADV_46 tryadvmod
46trytryVERBVerbForm=Inf14 liveconj
47totoPART_48 livemark
48liveliveVERBVerbForm=Inf46 tryxcomp
49asasADV_50 nearlyadvmod
50nearlynearlyADV_48 liveadvmod
51asasSCONJ_52 possiblemark
52possiblepossibleADJDegree=Pos50 nearlyadvcl
53ininADP_55 waycase
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 waydet
55waywayNOUNNumber=Sing48 liveobl
56ofofADP_58 ancestorscase
57theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs58 ancestorsnmod:poss
58ancestorsancestorNOUNNumber=Plur55 waynmod
59..PUNCT_6 becomepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1becomepresent · perfecta number of tribeslike the white manvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2livepresentother tribeshousesvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location
3havepresentlarge numbers of horses and cattleupon the plains or tribes's farms in the eastvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient
4tryinfinitivestillvn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5live not said to happento-infinitivethe way of tribes's ancestorsnearly propertyvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location

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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