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title: The Great Father in Washington made a treaty with the Chippewas wher… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: The Great Father in Washington made a treaty with the Chippewas whereby they hold much of their hard-won lake region as long as they keep their treaty promises; now that there is peace between the Indian nations they are willing to admit that each had many heroes in war and council. Who acts: Great 
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Sioux and Chippewas of Minnesota, sentence 14

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The Great Father in Washington made a treaty with the Chippewas whereby they hold much of their hard-won lake region as long as they keep their treaty promises; now that there is peace between the Indian nations they are willing to admit that each had many heroes in war and council.

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**Who acts:** Great Father, tribes, peace · **What happens:** make, hold, win, keep, be, admit · **To what, where:** treaty, much, treaty promises, many heroes, war · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Sioux and Chippewas of Minnesota. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Great Father, tribes, peace), 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:pg73136:21:14
# text = The Great Father in Washington made a treaty with the Chippewas whereby they hold much of their hard-won lake region as long as they keep their treaty promises; now that there is peace between the Indian nations they are willing to admit that each had many heroes in war and council.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Washington	Washington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Chippewas	chippewa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
15	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
18	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
21	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
23	as	as	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
25	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
26	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	advcl	_	_
28	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
29	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
32	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	43	advmod	_	_
33	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
34	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	35	expl	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
36	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
37	between	between	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	_
41	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
43	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	admit	admit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	xcomp	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	48	advmod	_	_
48	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	ccomp	_	_
49	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the Great Father in Washington | a treaty |  |  |  | with the Chippewas | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treaty=Product |
| 2 | **hold** | present | tribes *= tribe* | much of tribes's hard won lake region |  |  |  | long, whereby *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme |
| 3 | **win** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **keep** | present | tribes *= tribe* | tribes's treaty promises |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | present | peace between the Indian nations |  |  |  | now | tribes *= tribe* *nsubj*; willing *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | peace between the Indian nations *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **have** | past |  | many heroes |  | war and council |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hero=Patient |
| 8 | **promise** |  | tribes *= tribe* |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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