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title: The present condition of the Indians is very different from that whe… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: The present condition of the Indians is very different from that when the tribes roved for thousands of miles either in pursuit of enemies or for food. Who acts: present condition, tribes. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Introductory—the Indians’
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Introductory—the Indians’ Present Condition, sentence 1

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The present condition of the Indians is very different from that when the tribes roved for thousands of miles either in pursuit of enemies or for food.

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**Who acts:** present condition, tribes · **What happens:** be, rove, condition, pursue · **To what, where:** that, pursuit, Indians, enemies

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Introductory—the Indians’ Present Condition. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (present condition, tribes), 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:pg73136:68:1
# text = The present condition of the Indians is very different from that when the tribes roved for thousands of miles either in pursuit of enemies or for food.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	roved	rove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
20	either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	_
25	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the present condition of the Indians |  |  | that |  | different *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rove** | participle | the tribes |  |  | pursuit of enemies or food |  | for thousands of miles; either *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pursuit=Trajectory |
| 3 | **condition** |  |  | the Indians |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **pursue** |  |  | enemies or food |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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