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title: In the different Indian tribes the languages are different; but thos… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: In the different Indian tribes the languages are different; but those who have been most among these many tribes of red men find that nearly all have some name for this Great Manitou, or Spirit. Who acts: languages, red men. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Cathe
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Menabozho, or the Great White Hare, sentence 3

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In the different Indian tribes the languages are different; but those who have been most among these many tribes of red men find that nearly all have some name for this Great Manitou, or Spirit.

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**Who acts:** languages, red men · **What happens:** be, have, find · **To what, where:** different Indian tribes, many tribes, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Menabozho, or the Great White Hare. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (languages, red men), 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:pg73136:69:3
# text = In the different Indian tribes the languages are different; but those who have been most among these many tribes of red men find that nearly all have some name for this Great Manitou, or Spirit.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	languages	language	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	appos	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	cop	_	_
16	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	obj	_	_
17	among	among	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
19	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
24	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
26	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
27	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	28	advmod	_	_
28	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	ccomp	_	_
29	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	30	det	_	_
30	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	34	nsubj	_	_
33	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	Manitou	Manitou	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **is** | present | the languages |  |  | the different Indian tribes |  | those *obl*; different *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | the languages *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | among this many tribes; most *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **find** | present | red men | this many tribes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent tribe=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 5 | **have** | present |  | some name |  |  |  | for Great Manitou  this or Spirit; nearly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=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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