--- title: Some white men had heard the questions of the Indian before he start… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: Some white men had heard the questions of the Indian before he started out, and after he came back they went to him and said: “We want to know who took your meat. Who acts: white men, man, questions, We. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (white men, man, questions, We), 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:pg73136:11:9 # text = Some white men had heard the questions of the Indian before he started out, and after he came back they went to him and said: “We want to know who took your meat. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 acl _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 after after SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | some white men | the questions | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer question=Stimulus | | 2 | **start out** | past | man | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **come back** | past | man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | questions *= question* | | man | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | questions *= question* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | We | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | past | | your meat | | | | who *nsubj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/11/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/11/10/) - ↑ back to [The Indian’s Eye Training](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/11/)