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title: It was only the prairie dandelion, and the crown that Shawondasee th… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: 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. Who acts: air, Shawondasee, crown, lazy Shawondasee. A sentenc
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, XX. the Prairie Dandelion, sentence 18

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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.

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**Who acts:** air, Shawondasee, crown, lazy Shawondasee · **What happens:** be, think, give, not know, mourn, envy · **To what, where:** prairie dandelion, crown, north wind, secret, brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, XX. the Prairie Dandelion. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (air, Shawondasee, crown, lazy Shawondasee), 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:pg73136:45:18
# text = 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.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	prairie	prairie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dandelion	dandelion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
12	Shawondasee	Shawondasee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	ccomp	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	only	only	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
22	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	feathery	feathery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	Shawondasee	Shawondasee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
32	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	33	advmod	_	_
33	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	mourned	mourn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	parataxis	_	_
39	for	for	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	envied	envy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | air | the prairie dandelion and maiden's crown |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Shawondasee | the crown |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **give** | past · perfect · passive |  | the north wind |  |  |  | maiden *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | past | the crown | maiden's crown |  |  |  | of feathery seeds; maiden *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **know** | past | the lazy Shawondasee | the secret |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus |
| 6 | **mourn** | past |  |  |  |  |  | for Shawondasee's loss | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for loss=Attribute |
| 7 | **envy** | past |  | Shawondasee's brother |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus |

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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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