--- title: It seemed strange to the traveler for the Indian to take so much pai… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: It seemed strange to the traveler for the Indian to take so much pains with the colors of paint and the place where he put them upon his face, but it is now known that each color has its meaning with them. Who acts: It, traveler, color, paint. 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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 (It, traveler, color, paint), 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:pg73136:13:15 # text = It seemed strange to the traveler for the Indian to take so much pains with the colors of paint and the place where he put them upon his face, but it is now known that each color has its meaning with them. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 traveler traveler NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 csubj _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | It | | | | | to the traveler; strange *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | | much pains | | | | with the colors of paint and the place | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | | 3 | **put** | past | traveler | pains *= pain* | | traveler's face | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme upon face=Destination | | 4 | **know** | present · passive | | paint | | | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | present | each color | paint's meaning | | | | with pains *= pain* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | | 6 | **mean** | | paint | | | | | with pains *= pain* | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/13/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/13/16/) - ↑ back to [The Indian At Home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/13/)