Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Wampum Money, sentence 33
It is told of the famous Chief Logan that he saved a captive white by rushing through the circle of Indians who were tormenting him, and throwing a string of wampum about the captive’s neck.
Who acts: famous Chief, hole, Indians · What happens: tell, save, rush, torment, throw · To what, where: Wampum, captive white, circle, hole, string · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Wampum Money. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (famous Chief, hole, Indians), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 told | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 told | aux:pass |
| 3 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Chief | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Chief | det |
| 6 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Chief | amod |
| 7 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 told | obl:agent |
| 8 | Logan | Logan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Chief | flat |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 saved | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 saved | nsubj |
| 11 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 told | ccomp |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 white | det |
| 13 | captive | captive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 white | amod |
| 14 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 saved | obj |
| 15 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 16 rushing | mark |
| 16 | rushing | rush | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 saved | advcl |
| 17 | through | through | ADP | _ | 19 circle | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 circle | det |
| 19 | circle | circle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 rushing | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Indians | case |
| 21 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 19 circle | nmod |
| 22 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 tormenting | nsubj |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 tormenting | aux |
| 24 | tormenting | torment | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 Indians | acl:relcl |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 tormenting | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 throwing | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 throwing | cc |
| 28 | throwing | throw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 rushing | conj |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 string | det |
| 30 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 throwing | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 wampum | case |
| 32 | wampum | wampum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 string | nmod |
| 33 | about | about | ADP | _ | 37 neck | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 captive | det |
| 35 | captive | captive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 neck | nmod:poss |
| 36 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 35 captive | case |
| 37 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 throwing | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 told | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | the famous Chief | Wampum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | save | past | hole | a captive white | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent white=Theme | ||||
| 3 | rush | gerund | hole not said here | the circle of Indians | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through circle=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | torment | past · progressive | Indians | hole | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | throw | gerund | hole not said here | a string of wampum | about the captive's neck | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent string=Theme about neck=Destination |
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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