Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Menabozho, or the Great White Hare, sentence 3
In the different Indian tribes the languages are different; but those who have been most among these many tribes of red men find that nearly all have some name for this Great Manitou, or Spirit.
Who acts: languages, red men · What happens: be, have, find · To what, where: different Indian tribes, many tribes, name · 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 (languages, red men), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 tribes | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tribes | det |
| 3 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tribes | amod |
| 4 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tribes | amod |
| 5 | tribes | tribe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 different | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 languages | det |
| 7 | languages | language | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 different | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 different | cop |
| 9 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 those | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 those | cc |
| 12 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 9 different | obl |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 those | appos |
| 14 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 who | conj |
| 15 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 most | cop |
| 16 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 14 have | obj |
| 17 | among | among | ADP | _ | 20 tribes | case |
| 18 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 20 tribes | det |
| 19 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 tribes | amod |
| 20 | tribes | tribe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 most | nmod |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 men | case |
| 22 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 men | amod |
| 23 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 find | nsubj |
| 24 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 tribes | acl:relcl |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 have | mark |
| 26 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 28 have | advmod |
| 27 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 have | advmod |
| 28 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 find | ccomp |
| 29 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 30 name | det |
| 30 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 have | obj |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 Manitou | case |
| 32 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 Manitou | nsubj |
| 33 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 Manitou | amod |
| 34 | Manitou | Manitou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 name | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Spirit | punct |
| 36 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 37 Spirit | cc |
| 37 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Manitou | conj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 different | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the languages | the different Indian tribes | those obl; different property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | have | present | the languages not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | participle | among this many tribes; most property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | find | present | red men | this many tribes not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent tribe=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 5 | have | present | some name | for Great Manitou this or Spirit; nearly property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=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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