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title: The prizes for the winning side have hung all this time on the prize… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: The prizes for the winning side have hung all this time on the prize pole; and dangling in the air, waiting the finish of the game, are the knives, tomahawks, blankets, moccasins, fine buffalo and deerskin robes which the winners will divide among themselves. Who acts: winners. A sentence of «Wigwam
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Indian Games, sentence 14

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The prizes for the winning side have hung all this time on the prize pole; and dangling in the air, waiting the finish of the game, are the knives, tomahawks, blankets, moccasins, fine buffalo and deerskin robes which the winners will divide among themselves.

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**Who acts:** winners · **What happens:** hang, dangle, wait, be, divide · **To what, where:** prizes, prize pole, air, finish, knives

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Indian Games. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (winners), 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:pg73136:20:14
# text = The prizes for the winning side have hung all this time on the prize pole; and dangling in the air, waiting the finish of the game, are the knives, tomahawks, blankets, moccasins, fine buffalo and deerskin robes which the winners will divide among themselves.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	winning	winning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	dangling	dangle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	conj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	finish	finish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	knives	knife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	tomahawks	tomahawk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	blankets	blanket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	moccasins	moccasin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	deerskin	deerskin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
44	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	_
45	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	49	obj	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	winners	winner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj	_	_
48	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	divide	divide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	parataxis	_	_
50	among	among	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | present · perfect · passive |  | the prizes for the winning side |  | the prize pole | time |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on pole=Destination |
| 2 | **dangle** | gerund |  |  |  | the air |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location |
| 3 | **wait** | gerund |  | the finish of the game |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the knives and tomahawks and blankets and moccasins and fine buffalo and deerskin robes |  |  |  | tomahawks *conj*; blankets *conj*; moccasins *conj*; fine buffalo *conj*; deerskin robes *conj* | tree rules |
| 5 | **divide** | future | the winners | the knives and tomahawks and blankets and moccasins and fine buffalo and deerskin robes |  |  |  | among sides *= side* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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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