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title: The head chief has learned that the Great Father in Washington has m… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: The head chief has learned that the Great Father in Washington has more warriors than he, and so the Sioux are not sent on the warpath any more. Who acts: head chief, Great Father. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Dakota or Sioux, with its depende
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Dakota or Sioux, sentence 7

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The head chief has learned that the Great Father in Washington has more warriors than he, and so the Sioux are not sent on the warpath any more.

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**Who acts:** head chief, Great Father · **What happens:** learn, have, not send · **To what, where:** more warriors, Sioux, warpath

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Dakota or Sioux. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (head chief, Great Father), 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:pg73136:19:7
# text = The head chief has learned that the Great Father in Washington has more warriors than he, and so the Sioux are not sent on the warpath any more.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Great	Great	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
9	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Washington	Washington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Sioux	Sioux	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
23	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	24	advmod	_	_
24	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	warpath	warpath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	any	any	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present · perfect | the head chief |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | the Great Father in Washington | more warriors |  |  |  | than chief | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **send** | present · passive |  | the Sioux |  | the warpath |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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