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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Menabozho, or the Great White Hare, sentence 15

Some one who has studied into the meanings of Indian words says that it means the “god of light,” or “ruler of the sun.” When you read marvelous stories of Menabozho remember then that the Indians who told these tales first had in mind one of their strong gods,—one who was swift and powerful as the light of the sun; one who was as kind as the sun is to the earth, bringing food and blessing to every one.

Who acts: one, Hare, you, marvelous stories, Indians, earth · What happens: study, say, mean, read, remember, tell · To what, where: meanings, god, tales, mind, food, one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Menabozho, or the Great White Hare. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, Hare, you, marvelous stories), 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

detnsubjnsubjauxacl:relclcasedetoblcaseamodnmodmarknsubjccompdetpunctobjcasenmodpunctpunctccpunctconjcasedetnmodpunctmarknsubjconjamodnsubjcasenmodparataxisadvmodmarkdetnsubjnsubjacl:relcldetobjadvmodccompcaseobjflatcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctpunctparataxisnsubjcopacl:relclccconjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctnsubjnsubjcopadvmodcsubjcasedetoblcopcasedetparataxispunctaclobjccconjcasedetoblpunctrootSomeDEToneNOUNwhoPRONhasAUXstudiedVERBintoADPtheDETmeaningsNOUNofADPIndianADJwordsNOUNsaysVERBthatSCONJitPRONmeansVERBtheDET“PUNCTgodNOUNofADPlightNOUN,PUNCT”PUNCTorCCONJ“PUNCTrulerNOUNofADPtheDETsun.NOUN”PUNCTWhenSCONJyouPRONreadVERBmarvelousADJstoriesNOUNofADPMenabozhoPROPNrememberVERBthenADVthatSCONJtheDETIndiansPROPNwhoPRONtoldVERBtheseDETtalesNOUNfirstADVhadVERBinADPmindNOUNoneNUMofADPtheirPRONstrongADJgodsNOUN,PUNCT—PUNCToneNUMwhoPRONwasAUXswiftADJandCCONJpowerfulADJasADPtheDETlightNOUNofADPtheDETsunNOUN;PUNCToneNUMwhoPRONwasAUXasADVkindADJasADPtheDETsunNOUNisAUXtoADPtheDETearthNOUN,PUNCTbringingVERBfoodNOUNandCCONJblessingVERBtoADPeveryDEToneNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SomesomeDETPronType=Ind2 onedet
2oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing12 saysnsubj
3whowhoPRONPronType=Rel5 studiednsubj
4hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 studiedaux
5studiedstudyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 oneacl:relcl
6intointoADP_8 meaningscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 meaningsdet
8meaningsmeaningNOUNNumber=Plur5 studiedobl
9ofofADP_11 wordscase
10IndianIndianADJDegree=Pos11 wordsamod
11wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur8 meaningsnmod
12sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
13thatthatSCONJ_15 meansmark
14ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 meansnsubj
15meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 saysccomp
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 goddet
17“"PUNCT_18 godpunct
18godgodNOUNNumber=Sing15 meansobj
19ofofADP_20 lightcase
20lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing18 godnmod
21,,PUNCT_22 ”punct
22”"PUNCT_18 godpunct
23ororCCONJ_25 rulercc
24“"PUNCT_25 rulerpunct
25rulerrulerNOUNNumber=Sing18 godconj
26ofofADP_28 sun.case
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 sun.det
28sun.sun.NOUNNumber=Sing25 rulernmod
29”"PUNCT_25 rulerpunct
30WhenwhenSCONJ_32 readmark
31youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs32 readnsubj
32readreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 meansconj
33marvelousmarvelousADJDegree=Pos34 storiesamod
34storiesstoryNOUNNumber=Plur37 remembernsubj
35ofofADP_36 Menabozhocase
36MenabozhoMenabozhoPROPNNumber=Sing34 storiesnmod
37rememberrememberVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin32 readparataxis
38thenthenADVPronType=Dem47 hadadvmod
39thatthatSCONJ_47 hadmark
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 Indiansdet
41IndiansIndianPROPNNumber=Plur47 hadnsubj
42whowhoPRONPronType=Rel43 toldnsubj
43toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 Indiansacl:relcl
44thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem45 talesdet
45talestaleNOUNNumber=Plur43 toldobj
46firstfirstADVNumForm=Word NumType=Ord47 hadadvmod
47hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 rememberccomp
48ininADP_49 mindcase
49mindmindNOUNNumber=Sing47 hadobj
50oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card49 mindflat
51ofofADP_54 godscase
52theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs54 godsnmod:poss
53strongstrongADJDegree=Pos54 godsamod
54godsgodNOUNNumber=Plur50 onenmod
55,,PUNCT_57 onepunct
56—-PUNCT_57 onepunct
57oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card47 hadparataxis
58whowhoPRONPronType=Rel60 swiftnsubj
59wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin60 swiftcop
60swiftswiftADJDegree=Pos57 oneacl:relcl
61andandCCONJ_62 powerfulcc
62powerfulpowerfulADJDegree=Pos60 swiftconj
63asasADP_65 lightcase
64thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art65 lightdet
65lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing60 swiftobl
66ofofADP_68 suncase
67thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art68 sundet
68sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing65 lightnmod
69;;PUNCT_74 kindpunct
70oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card74 kindnsubj
71whowhoPRONPronType=Rel74 kindnsubj
72wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin74 kindcop
73asasADV_74 kindadvmod
74kindkindADJDegree=Pos81 earthcsubj
75asasADP_77 suncase
76thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art77 sundet
77sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing74 kindobl
78isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin81 earthcop
79totoADP_81 earthcase
80thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art81 earthdet
81earthearthNOUNNumber=Sing12 saysparataxis
82,,PUNCT_83 bringingpunct
83bringingbringVERBVerbForm=Ger81 earthacl
84foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing83 bringingobj
85andandCCONJ_86 blessingcc
86blessingblessVERBVerbForm=Ger83 bringingconj
87totoADP_89 onecase
88everyeveryDETPronType=Tot89 onedet
89oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing86 blessingobl
90..PUNCT_12 sayspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1studypresent · perfectsome onethe meanings of Indian wordsvn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2say speech: assertpresentsome onevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3meanpresentHarethe god of light or ruler of the sun.vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Topic
4readpresentyouvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5rememberpresentmarvelous stories of Menabozhovn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6tell speech: assertpastthe Indiansthis talesvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient
7havepastthe Indiansmindthenone parataxis; first propertyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
8ispastas the light of the sun; who nsubj; swift propertytree rules
9betree rules
10ispastoneas the sun; the earth nsubj; kind propertytree rules
11ispresentto the earthtree rules
12bringgerundthe earth not said herefoodvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme
13blessgerundthe earth not said hereevery onevn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
14meanIndian wordsnom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient
15lightthe sunnom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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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