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# XXX. Where the Morning Star Came From

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XXX. Where the Morning Star Came From of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 46 sentences and 467 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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(Chippewa)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics")

A manitou lived with his family near the Big Sea Water.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") There were two children in this family of the good manitou.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") The children of good manitous help the Indians.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") They do much good, like their fathers and their mothers.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics")

This brother and sister were told that their work would soon begin.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") They were to be separated.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The sister was called to go to the Place of Breaking Light.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") The brother knew his work was to be a watcher among the rocks and hills.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") He was to be a Little One of the Woods.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics")

The day of parting came.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") The sister sat with the brother and watched the sun go down in the Big Sea Water.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") She put her hand into her brother’s hand.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics")

The sister said: “Watch for me, my brother; watch for me in the morning.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") Turn your face to the Place of the Breaking Light when you waken from your sleep in the morning; watch for your sister.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") It is our father who said I must go.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics")

“Watch where the Great Blue Lodge is painted with the paints we now see across the Big Sea Water.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") I shall be in the Great Blue Lodge in the Place of Breaking Light.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") My dress will be painted with paints.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") I will shine like a drop of the shining Big Sea Water.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") Your sister will see.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") Your sister will watch for you.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") She will not forget you.”[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics")

The brother said: “I will sit on this rock in the morning.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") I will look toward the Place of Breaking Light.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") I will watch for my sister that is gone.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") I will see her.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") My father has said it.”[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics")

The Place of Breaking Light was very bright the next morning.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") The red was never so red before.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") All the Place of Breaking Light was bright like a burning forest.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") The sun was not there.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics")

The brother saw a new star.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") It smiled on him like the face of his sister; he knew her; his sister was the Morning Star in the Place of Breaking Light.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics")

“I have found my sister; she is not lost.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") She is in the Great Blue Lodge; the spirits of the four winds have carried my sister.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") She is well.”[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics")

The brother turned to go back to the wigwam of his father, the good manitou.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") His feet would not carry him there.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") He sat down in a cave in the rock.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") He saw himself in the water; he was one of the Little People.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") He was glad, for he had now many brothers.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") They called to him in the cave; he answered them; they were happy together.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics")

The father and mother often saw their children.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") The Morning Star is happy in her Star Lodge.[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") The brother is happy among the trees and the rocks.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics")

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