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# XX. the Prairie Dandelion

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XX. the Prairie Dandelion of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 19 sentences and 264 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.

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(Algonquin)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics")

In the Southland, flat upon the ground, lies the spirit of the south wind.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") He is a very fat and very lazy old man.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") His eyes are always toward the cool north, but he will not stir from his resting place.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics")

When he sighs the air is filled with warm breezes.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") In the autumn his breath is filled with the odor of apples and all manner of fruits.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") He sends the golden Indian Summer to the Northland.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") Shawondasee is the name of this spirit of the south wind.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics")

One day, while looking toward the prairies of the north, he saw a beautiful girl with yellow hair standing on the plains in the west.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Every morning for days he saw this maiden, and she seemed more lovely each day.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics")

But another morning when he opened his sleepy eyes and looked, the yellow locks on the maiden’s head were changed to fleecy white.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics")

“Ah! my brother, the strong north wind, has been more swift than I, as he ever is.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") He has put his frost crown on the maiden’s head.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") I will mourn for her.”[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics")

Shawondasee heaved a number of warm sighs, and as the pleasant south breezes reached the maiden the air seemed filled with tiny feathers.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") The maiden had vanished with her crown.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics")

It was no Indian maiden.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") It was only the prairie dandelion, and the crown that Shawondasee thought the north wind had given her was only her crown of feathery seeds; but the lazy Shawondasee never knew the secret, and mourned for his loss and envied his brother.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics")

Schoolcraft.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics")

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