--- title: The contending tribes fought fiercely to hold or to obtain this plac… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: The contending tribes fought fiercely to hold or to obtain this place, for here these red men, with their love for the beautiful in nature, had decided was where many of their gods liked best to stay. Who acts: contending tribes, men. 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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 (contending tribes, men), 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:pg73136:21:12 # text = The contending tribes fought fiercely to hold or to obtain this place, for here these red men, with their love for the beautiful in nature, had decided was where many of their gods liked best to stay. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 contending contend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 parataxis _ _ 16 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 17 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 decided decide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 33 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 38 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contend** | gerund | | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fight** | past | the contending tribes | | | | | fiercely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hold** | to-infinitive | the contending tribes *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | the contending tribes *not said here* | this place | | | | men's love *parataxis* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset place=Theme | | 5 | **decide** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | of men's gods; many *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **like** | participle | | men's gods *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **stay** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **love** | | men *= man* | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/21/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/21/13/) - ↑ back to [Sioux and Chippewas of Minnesota](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/21/)