--- title: She knew all the plants that gave medicine; she could tell of things… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: She knew all the plants that gave medicine; she could tell of things that would happen to her tribe or her family many moons before the things came to pass; but she did not know one thing. Who acts: woman, plants, things. 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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 (woman, plants, things), 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:pg73136:56:3 # text = She knew all the plants that gave medicine; she could tell of things that would happen to her tribe or her family many moons before the things came to pass; but she did not know one thing. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 moons moon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 26 before before SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | woman | all plants | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer plant=Stimulus | | 2 | **give** | past | all plants | medicine | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | woman | many moons | woman's tribe or woman's family | | | of things | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent moon=Topic to tribe=Recipient | | 4 | **happen** | would | things | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | the things | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pass** | to-infinitive | the things *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | woman | one thing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/56/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/56/4/) - ↑ back to [XXXI. the Woman in the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/56/)