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title: The nation became civilized in a short time, and the first printing… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: The nation became civilized in a short time, and the first printing press sent to an Indian tribe was that sent about 1820 by the United States government to the Cherokees. Who acts: nation, first printing press, that. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine J
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Books in the Indian Language, sentence 19

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The nation became civilized in a short time, and the first printing press sent to an Indian tribe was that sent about 1820 by the United States government to the Cherokees.

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**Who acts:** nation, first printing press, that · **What happens:** become, send, be · **To what, where:** first printing press, Indian tribe, 1820, Cherokees

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Books in the Indian Language. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nation, first printing press, that), 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:pg73136:5:19
# text = The nation became civilized in a short time, and the first printing press sent to an Indian tribe was that sent about 1820 by the United States government to the Cherokees.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nation	nation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	civilized	civilized	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
13	printing	printing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	press	press	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
15	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
22	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
23	about	about	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	1820	1820	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	22	obj	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
27	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	29	compound	_	_
29	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Cherokees	cherokee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the nation |  |  |  |  | civilized *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **send** | participle |  | the first printing press *not said here* |  | a Indian tribe |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to tribe=Destination |
| 3 | **be** | past | the first printing press |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **send** | past | that | 1820 |  | the Cherokees |  | by the States government | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent 1820=Theme to cherokee=Destination |

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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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