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title: The chief of his tribe gave him the feather of an eagle to wear, for… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: The chief of his tribe gave him the feather of an eagle to wear, for only a strong brave may wear a feather in his scalp lock. Who acts: chief. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, III. Leaping Rock in the Pipestone Valley, with its dependency tree an
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, III. Leaping Rock in the Pipestone Valley, sentence 20

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The chief of his tribe gave him the feather of an eagle to wear, for only a strong brave may wear a feather in his scalp lock.

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**Who acts:** chief · **What happens:** give, wear · **To what, where:** feather, arrow, a, scalp lock

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, III. Leaping Rock in the Pipestone Valley. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chief), 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:pg73136:28:20
# text = The chief of his tribe gave him the feather of an eagle to wear, for only a strong brave may wear a feather in his scalp lock.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	only	only	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	obj	_	_
19	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
20	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	advcl	_	_
21	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
27	scalp	scalp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the chief of arrow's tribe | the feather of a eagle | arrow |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient feather=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | to-infinitive | the chief of arrow's tribe *not said here* | a |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent a=Source |
| 3 | **wear** | may |  | a feather |  | arrow's scalp lock |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Source |

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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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