--- title: Attention is called to the very interesting pictures on pages 17, 43… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: Attention is called to the very interesting pictures on pages 17, 43, 53, 55, 89, 100, 173, and 188, which are from photographs taken by George Wharton James, of Pasadena, Cal., the noted authority upon Indian life and basketry. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary C --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/1/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Wigwam stories told by North American…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/) / [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/1/) / 15 # Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Opening, sentence 15 Attention is called to the very interesting pictures on pages 17, 43, 53, 55, 89, 100, 173, and 188, which are from photographs taken by George Wharton James, of Pasadena, Cal., the noted authority upon Indian life and basketry. **What happens:** call, be, take, note · **To what, where:** Attention, interesting pictures, photographs · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg73136:1:15 # text = Attention is called to the very interesting pictures on pages 17, 43, 53, 55, 89, 100, 173, and 188, which are from photographs taken by George Wharton James, of Pasadena, Cal., the noted authority upon Indian life and basketry. 1 Attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 interesting interesting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 17 17 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 43 43 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 53 53 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 55 55 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 89 89 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 173 173 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 188 188 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 photographs photograph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 appos _ _ 32 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl:agent _ _ 35 Wharton Wharton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ _ 36 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Pasadena Pasadena PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Cal Cal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 noted note VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 46 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 basketry basketry NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | Attention | the interesting pictures on pages | | | the noted authority upon Indian life and basketry *obl*; 188 *parataxis* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to picture=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | photographs | | which *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | participle | | photographs *not said here* | | | | George and Pasadena and Cal *obl:agent* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **note** | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/1/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/1/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/1/)