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title: Many of these Chippewa stories which they are telling of him even no… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: Many of these Chippewa stories which they are telling of him even now are woven into the poem of Hiawatha, as the poet thought that Iroquois name more musical than Menabozho, and, like many others, supposed the Iroquois and the Chippewas to be the same people. Who acts: Chippewa stories, poet, Iroqu
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Introductory—indian Stories, sentence 14

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Many of these Chippewa stories which they are telling of him even now are woven into the poem of Hiawatha, as the poet thought that Iroquois name more musical than Menabozho, and, like many others, supposed the Iroquois and the Chippewas to be the same people.

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**Who acts:** Chippewa stories, poet, Iroquois · **What happens:** tell, weave, think, name, suppose, be · **To what, where:** Many, poem, musical, same people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Introductory—indian Stories. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Chippewa stories, poet, Iroquois), 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:pg73136:25:14
# text = Many of these Chippewa stories which they are telling of him even now are woven into the poem of Hiawatha, as the poet thought that Iroquois name more musical than Menabozho, and, like many others, supposed the Iroquois and the Chippewas to be the same people.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	Chippewa	Chippewa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Hiawatha	Hiawatha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
27	Iroquois	Iroquois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	name	name	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	ccomp	_	_
29	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	30	advmod	_	_
30	musical	musical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	obj	_	_
31	than	than	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Menabozho	Menabozho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
36	like	like	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
40	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	conj	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	Iroquois	Iroquois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	xcomp	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Chippewas	chippewa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	conj	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	_	_
47	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	cop	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | this Chippewa stories |  |  |  | now | of Henry; stories *= story* *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **weave** | present · passive |  | Many of this Chippewa stories |  | the poem of Hiawatha |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into poem=Product |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the poet |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **name** | present | Iroquois | musical than Menabozho |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent musical=Theme |
| 5 | **suppose** | participle | the poet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like many others; the Iroquois and the Chippewas *xcomp* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | the same people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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