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title: The white people feel that the Indian chief had much in his favor, f… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: The white people feel that the Indian chief had much in his favor, for he would not see his people suffer; the squaws and papooses must be cared for, and he had not the money with which to buy food for them. Who acts: white people, Indian chief, money, people. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by N
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Sioux and Chippewas of Minnesota, sentence 41

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The white people feel that the Indian chief had much in his favor, for he would not see his people suffer; the squaws and papooses must be cared for, and he had not the money with which to buy food for them.

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**Who acts:** white people, Indian chief, money, people · **What happens:** feel, have, not see, suffer, care, buy · **To what, where:** favor, squaws, money, food · **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 (white people, Indian chief, money, people), 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:pg73136:21:41
# text = The white people feel that the Indian chief had much in his favor, for he would not see his people suffer; the squaws and papooses must be cared for, and he had not the money with which to buy food for them.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	favor	favor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	suffer	suffer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	squaws	squaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	papooses	papoose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	_
28	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	aux:pass	_	_
30	cared	care	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
36	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	38	advmod	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	42	obl	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	acl:relcl	_	_
43	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
44	for	for	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | the white people |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | past | the Indian chief | money's favor |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favor=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **see** | would | money |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **suffer** | present | money's people |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **care** | must · passive |  | the squaws and papooses |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | past | money | the money |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |
| 7 | **buy** | to-infinitive | money *not said here* | food |  |  |  | with the money; for chiefs *= chief* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Theme for they=Beneficiary |
| 8 | **favor** |  | money |  |  |  |  |  | nom favor «act 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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