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title: In answer to inquiries the compiler desires to state that according… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: In answer to inquiries the compiler desires to state that according to the census reports of 1900 there are fifteen American cities any one of which contains more inhabitants than the total number, 266,760, of our taxed and untaxed American Indians; of these nearly one half are in Indian Territory, 
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Opening, sentence 21

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In answer to inquiries the compiler desires to state that according to the census reports of 1900 there are fifteen American cities any one of which contains more inhabitants than the total number, 266,760, of our taxed and untaxed American Indians; of these nearly one half are in Indian Territory, Alaska, and Arizona.

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**Who acts:** compiler, one · **What happens:** desire, state, accord, be, contain, tax · **To what, where:** answer, more inhabitants, Indian Territory

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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: who acts (compiler, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg73136:1:21
# text = In answer to inquiries the compiler desires to state that according to the census reports of 1900 there are fifteen American cities any one of which contains more inhabitants than the total number, 266,760, of our taxed and untaxed American Indians; of these nearly one half are in Indian Territory, Alaska, and Arizona.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	inquiries	inquiry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	compiler	compiler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	desires	desire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	state	state	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	case	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	1900	1900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nmod	_	_
18	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	19	expl	_	_
19	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
20	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
21	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
23	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	24	det	_	_
24	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
27	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	_
28	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	29	amod	_	_
29	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
30	than	than	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	266,760	266,760	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
38	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
39	taxed	tax	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	amod	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	untaxed	untax	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	conj	_	_
42	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	49	det	_	_
47	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	nummod	_	_
49	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	53	obl	_	_
50	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	cop	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	Territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	Alaska	Alaska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **desire** | present | the compiler |  |  | answer to inquiries |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the compiler *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accord the census reports; of 1900 | tree rules |
| 5 | **contain** | present | any one | more inhabitants |  |  |  | than the total number | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot inhabitant=Theme |
| 6 | **tax** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **untax** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **is** | present |  |  |  | Indian Territory |  | of this one half; Alaska *vocative*; Arizona *obl* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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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