Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Introductory—the Indians’ Present Condition, sentence 8

Hiawatha the Wise we now know is an Iroquois hero; Menabozho, who is called the Foolish or Sly One, is an Algonquin hero, and they are two very different characters in the lore of two different Indian nations.

Who acts: we, Hiawatha, myths · What happens: know, be, call · To what, where: Iroquois hero, Algonquin hero, two different characters, lore · 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: who acts (we, Hiawatha, myths), 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	Hiawatha	Hiawatha	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 hero	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wise	det
3	Wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Hiawatha	appos
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 know	nsubj
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 know	advmod
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 Wise	parataxis
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hero	cop
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hero	det
9	Iroquois	iroquois	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hero	compound
10	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 Menabozho	punct
12	Menabozho	Menabozho	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 hero	appos
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 called	punct
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 called	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 called	aux:pass
16	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 hero	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 One	det
18	Foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 One	amod
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 Sly	cc
20	Sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 Foolish	conj
21	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 called	parataxis
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 hero	punct
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 hero	cop
24	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 hero	det
25	Algonquin	Algonquin	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 hero	compound
26	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hero	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 characters	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 characters	cc
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 characters	nsubj
30	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 characters	cop
31	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	34 characters	nummod
32	very	very	ADV	_	33 different	advmod
33	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 characters	amod
34	characters	character	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hero	conj
35	in	in	ADP	_	37 lore	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 lore	det
37	lore	lore	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 characters	nmod
38	of	of	ADP	_	42 nations	case
39	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	42 nations	nummod
40	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 nations	amod
41	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 nations	amod
42	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 lore	nmod
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 hero	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	we			now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	Hiawatha	a Iroquois hero and a Algonquin hero and two different characters			Menabozho appos	tree rules
3	call speech: assert	present · passive		a Iroquois hero and a Algonquin hero and two different characters			the Foolish One parataxis	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
4	is a	present	Hiawatha not said here	a Algonquin hero				tree rules
5	is a	present	myths = myth	two different characters	the lore of two different Indian nations			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 8

The tree

Pragmatics

Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Introductory—the Indians’ Present Condition, sentence 8