Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, XII. the Marten and the White Rabbit, sentence 11
His fur is worn by the best people, and he knows they think much of him.
Who acts: best people, marten, people · What happens: wear, know, think · To what, where: fur, much · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, XII. the Marten and the White Rabbit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (best people, marten, people), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 fur | nmod:poss |
| 2 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 worn | aux:pass |
| 4 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 people | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 people | det |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 people | amod |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 worn | obl:agent |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 knows | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 knows | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 knows | nsubj |
| 12 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 worn | conj |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 think | nsubj |
| 14 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 knows | ccomp |
| 15 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 think | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 much | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 worn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present · passive | the best people | marten's fur | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | know | present | marten | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | present | people | much of marten | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot much=Theme |
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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