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title: On his return, at the council which was called in his honor, he told… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: On his return, at the council which was called in his honor, he told of boats he had seen that were one hundred and fifty feet long; of great houses filled with white people; of great cities and long railroad trails. Who acts: chief. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by M
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Indian Traits, sentence 16

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On his return, at the council which was called in his honor, he told of boats he had seen that were one hundred and fifty feet long; of great houses filled with white people; of great cities and long railroad trails.

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**Who acts:** chief · **What happens:** call, tell, see, be, fill, return · **To what, where:** council, honor, return, one, great houses · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Indian Traits. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chief), 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:pg73136:10:16
# text = On his return, at the council which was called in his honor, he told of boats he had seen that were one hundred and fifty feet long; of great houses filled with white people; of great cities and long railroad trails.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	honor	honor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	ccomp	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
23	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	compound	_	_
25	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	nummod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	conj	_	_
28	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl:unmarked	_	_
29	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	parataxis	_	_
34	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	acl	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
43	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
44	railroad	railroad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	compound	_	_
45	trails	trail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past · passive |  | the council |  | chief's honor |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | chief |  |  | chief's return at the council |  | of boats; of great cities and long railroad trails; great houses *parataxis* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **see** | past · perfect | chief |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is a** | past |  | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **fill** | participle |  | great houses *not said here* |  |  |  | with white people | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with people=Instrument |
| 6 | **return** |  | chief |  |  | the council |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |
| 7 | **honor** |  | chief |  |  |  |  |  | nom honor «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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