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Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, XVI. Custer’s Heart, sentence 11

It may be that this flower is known only in the dreams of Indian braves, but the new legend shows how the memory of the brave general lives in the hearts of his red enemies.

Who acts: new legend, memory · What happens: know, show, live, dream · To what, where: plant, dreams, hearts, Indian braves · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, XVI. Custer’s Heart. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (new legend, memory), 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

nsubj:passauxaux:passmarkdetnsubj:passaux:passadvmodcasedetoblcaseamodnmodpunctccdetamodnsubjconjadvmoddetnsubjcasedetamodnmodccompcasedetoblcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctrootItPRONmayAUXbeAUXthatSCONJthisDETflowerNOUNisAUXknownVERBonlyADVinADPtheDETdreamsNOUNofADPIndianADJbravesNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETnewADJlegendNOUNshowsVERBhowADVtheDETmemoryNOUNofADPtheDETbraveADJgeneralNOUNlivesVERBinADPtheDETheartsNOUNofADPhisPRONredADJenemiesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 knownnsubj:pass
2maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin8 knownaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf8 knownaux:pass
4thatthatSCONJ_8 knownmark
5thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 flowerdet
6flowerflowerNOUNNumber=Sing8 knownnsubj:pass
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 knownaux:pass
8knownknowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9onlyonlyADV_12 dreamsadvmod
10ininADP_12 dreamscase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 dreamsdet
12dreamsdreamNOUNNumber=Plur8 knownobl
13ofofADP_15 bravescase
14IndianIndianADJDegree=Pos15 bravesamod
15bravesbraveNOUNNumber=Plur12 dreamsnmod
16,,PUNCT_21 showspunct
17butbutCCONJ_21 showscc
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 legenddet
19newnewADJDegree=Pos20 legendamod
20legendlegendNOUNNumber=Sing21 showsnsubj
21showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 knownconj
22howhowADVPronType=Int29 livesadvmod
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 memorydet
24memorymemoryNOUNNumber=Sing29 livesnsubj
25ofofADP_28 generalcase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 generaldet
27bravebraveADJDegree=Pos28 generalamod
28generalgeneralNOUNNumber=Sing24 memorynmod
29livesliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 showsccomp
30ininADP_32 heartscase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 heartsdet
32heartsheartNOUNNumber=Plur29 livesobl
33ofofADP_36 enemiescase
34hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 enemiesnmod:poss
35redredADJDegree=Pos36 enemiesamod
36enemiesenemyNOUNNumber=Plur32 heartsnmod
37..PUNCT_8 knownpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1knowmay · passiveplantthe dreams of Indian bravesthis flower nsubj:passvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
2showpresentthe new legendvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3livepresentthe memory of the brave generalthe hearts of memory's red enemiesvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heart=Location
4dreamIndian bravesnom dream «cognition 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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