--- title: Hiawatha the Wise we now know is an Iroquois hero; Menabozho, who is… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: Hiawatha the Wise we now know is an Iroquois hero; Menabozho, who is called the Foolish or Sly One, is an Algonquin hero, and they are two very different characters in the lore of two different Indian nations. Who acts: we, Hiawatha, myths. 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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 (we, Hiawatha, myths), 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:pg73136:68:8 # text = Hiawatha the Wise we now know is an Iroquois hero; Menabozho, who is called the Foolish or Sly One, is an Algonquin hero, and they are two very different characters in the lore of two different Indian nations. 1 Hiawatha Hiawatha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 appos _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Iroquois iroquois NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Menabozho Menabozho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 Foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 Sly sly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 21 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 Algonquin Algonquin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 lore lore NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 40 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | we | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | present | Hiawatha | a Iroquois hero and a Algonquin hero and two different characters | | | | Menabozho *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | a Iroquois hero and a Algonquin hero and two different characters | | | | the Foolish One *parataxis* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | present | Hiawatha *not said here* | a Algonquin hero | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | myths *= myth* | two different characters | | the lore of two different Indian nations | | | tree rules | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/68/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/68/9/) - ↑ back to [Introductory—the Indians’ Present Condition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/68/)