--- title: They planted their corn and tried to be happy; but the girl grew ver… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: They planted their corn and tried to be happy; but the girl grew very lonely, and one day when she saw another wigwam across the lake she felt like the young wolf they had tied to a tree near the wigwam. Who acts: geese, girl, sister, young wolf. 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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 (geese, girl, sister, young wolf), 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:pg73136:39:18 # text = They planted their corn and tried to be happy; but the girl grew very lonely, and one day when she saw another wigwam across the lake she felt like the young wolf they had tied to a tree near the wigwam. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 across across ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 like like ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 near near ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plant** | past | geese *= goose* | geese's corn | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Patient | | 2 | **try** | past | geese *= goose* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | geese *= goose* *not said here* | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | past | the girl | | | | day | lonely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | sister | another wigwam | | the lake | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wigwam=Stimulus | | 6 | **feel** | past | sister | the lake *not said here* | | | | like the young wolf | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Theme | | 7 | **tie** | past · perfect · passive | the young wolf *not said here* | geese *= goose* | | | | to a tree near the wigwam | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to tree=Co-Patient | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/39/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/39/19/) - ↑ back to [XIV. the Little Wolf Brother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/39/)