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title: Looking him over from head to foot, they all seem to have reached th… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking him over from head to foot, they all seem to have reached the same conclusion at the same time; with shouts of laughter and mocking bows and grimaces, they gave him back his boxes. Who acts: pockets. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Indian
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Indian Traits, sentence 41

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Looking him over from head to foot, they all seem to have reached the same conclusion at the same time; with shouts of laughter and mocking bows and grimaces, they gave him back his boxes.

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**Who acts:** pockets · **What happens:** look over, seem, reach, shout, mock, give back · **To what, where:** professor, head, same conclusion, bows, boxes

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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 (pockets), 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:pg73136:10:41
# text = Looking him over from head to foot, they all seem to have reached the same conclusion at the same time; with shouts of laughter and mocking bows and grimaces, they gave him back his boxes.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux	_	_
14	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	26	conj	_	_
29	bows	bow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	grimaces	grimace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
35	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	iobj	_	_
36	back	back	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look over** | gerund | pockets *= pocket* *not said here* | professor |  | head |  | to foot | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Attribute |
| 2 | **seem** | present | pockets *= pocket* |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **reach** | to-infinitive · perfect | pockets *= pocket* *not said here* | the same conclusion |  |  | time |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme |
| 4 | **shout** *speech: express* | present |  |  |  |  |  | of laughter | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **mock** | gerund |  | bows and grimaces |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme |
| 6 | **give back** | past | pockets *= pocket* | professor's boxes | professor |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient box=Theme |

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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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