--- title: Curious relics of dishes, cloth, and ornaments are found in these cl… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: Curious relics of dishes, cloth, and ornaments are found in these cliff-dwellings, but no one knows how many centuries since the empty houses were filled with living people, and no one knows why they were deserted. Who acts: one. 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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 (one), 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:pg73136:17:19 # text = Curious relics of dishes, cloth, and ornaments are found in these cliff-dwellings, but no one knows how many centuries since the empty houses were filled with living people, and no one knows why they were deserted. 1 Curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 relics relic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 ornaments ornament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 14 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 dwellings dwelling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 since since SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 39 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 deserted desert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present · passive | | Curious relics of dishes and cloth and ornaments | | this cliff dwellings | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **know** | present | no one | | | | century | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **fill** | past · passive | | the empty houses | | | | with living people | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with people=Instrument | | 4 | **know** | present | no one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **desert** | past · passive | | houses *= house* | | | | | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/17/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/17/20/) - ↑ back to [The Indians Who Live in Brick Houses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/17/)