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title: The medicine man usually works himself into a frenzy or even into a… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: The medicine man usually works himself into a frenzy or even into a fit, and while in this state his mutterings are taken for advice and followed. Who acts: medicine man, sickness. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Medicine Men Among the Indians, w
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Medicine Men Among the Indians, sentence 8

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The medicine man usually works himself into a frenzy or even into a fit, and while in this state his mutterings are taken for advice and followed.

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**Who acts:** medicine man, sickness · **What happens:** work, take, follow, mutter · **To what, where:** sickness, frenzy, mutterings, state

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Medicine Men Among the Indians. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (medicine man, sickness), 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:pg73136:12:8
# text = The medicine man usually works himself into a frenzy or even into a fit, and while in this state his mutterings are taken for advice and followed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	frenzy	frenzy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fit	fit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
17	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	mutterings	muttering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | the medicine man | sickness |  | a frenzy or a fit |  | usually *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent himself=Material into frenzy=Product |
| 2 | **take** | present · passive |  | sickness's mutterings |  | this state |  | for advice | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in state=Location |
| 3 | **follow** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **mutter** |  | sickness |  |  |  |  |  | nom muttering «event 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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