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title: One of their peculiar customs is that they have a tribe whipper who… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: One of their peculiar customs is that they have a tribe whipper who makes his weekly rounds with his whip to punish children, and in this way the parents save themselves from the pain of inflicting punishment upon their children. Who acts: One, tribe whipper, parents, pain. A sentence of «Wigwam sto
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Customs of Kickapoo, Seminole, and Other Tribes, sentence 3

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One of their peculiar customs is that they have a tribe whipper who makes his weekly rounds with his whip to punish children, and in this way the parents save themselves from the pain of inflicting punishment upon their children.

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**Who acts:** One, tribe whipper, parents, pain · **What happens:** be, make, punish, save, inflict · **To what, where:** weekly rounds, children, Indians, way, punishment

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Customs of Kickapoo, Seminole, and Other Tribes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, tribe whipper, parents, pain), 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:pg73136:16:3
# text = One of their peculiar customs is that they have a tribe whipper who makes his weekly rounds with his whip to punish children, and in this way the parents save themselves from the pain of inflicting punishment upon their children.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	customs	custom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	whipper	whipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	weekly	weekly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	rounds	round	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	whip	whip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
23	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	28	det	_	_
28	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nsubj	_	_
31	save	save	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
32	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	31	obj	_	_
33	from	from	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
36	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
37	inflicting	inflict	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	35	acl	_	_
38	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
39	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | One of Indians's peculiar customs |  |  |  |  | Indians *= indian* *nsubj*; a tribe whipper *obj*; have *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a tribe whipper | his weekly rounds |  |  |  | with his whip | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent round=Product |
| 3 | **punish** | to-infinitive | a tribe whipper *not said here* | children |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
| 4 | **save** | present | the parents | Indians *= indian* |  | this way |  | from the pain | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme from pain=Source |
| 5 | **inflict** | gerund | the pain *not said here* | punishment |  |  |  | upon Indians's children | tree rules |

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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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