Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Introductory—the Indians’ Present Condition, sentence 7

The old myths of years ago are repeated in Indian homes, and many of the stories, like those told in the poem of Hiawatha, are familiar tales to little children in western teepees.

What happens: repeat, tell, be · To what, where: old myths, Indian homes, many, poem, familiar tales, western teepees · Speech: someone speaks here

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: 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 myths	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 myths	amod
3	myths	myth	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 repeated	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 years	case
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 myths	nmod
6	ago	ago	ADV	_	5 years	advmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 repeated	aux:pass
8	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 homes	case
10	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 homes	amod
11	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 repeated	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 told	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 told	cc
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 told	nsubj:pass
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 stories	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 stories	det
17	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 many	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 told	punct
19	like	like	ADP	_	20 those	case
20	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	21 told	nsubj:pass
21	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 repeated	conj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 poem	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 poem	det
24	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 told	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 Hiawatha	case
26	Hiawatha	Hiawatha	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 poem	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 tales	punct
28	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 tales	cop
29	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 tales	amod
30	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 repeated	obl
31	to	to	ADP	_	33 children	case
32	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 children	amod
33	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 tales	nmod
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 teepees	case
35	western	western	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 teepees	amod
36	teepees	teepee	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 tales	nmod
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 repeated	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	repeat	present · passive	the old myths of years	Indian homes		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	tell speech: assert	participle · passive	many of the stories	the poem of Hiawatha	those nsubj:pass	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	is a	present	familiar tales	western teepees	to little children	tree rules

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, Introductory—the Indians’ Present Condition, sentence 7

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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Introductory—the Indians’ Present Condition, sentence 7