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title: On the shores of the beautiful Seneca Lake, by the banks of the Moha… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: On the shores of the beautiful Seneca Lake, by the banks of the Mohawk and Genesee rivers, in the forests of Oneida and Cayuga, and in many other parts of this fertile region, these strongholds of a savage people stood secure. Who acts: strongholds. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North Americ
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, How the Iroquois Built Their Log Forts, sentence 10

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On the shores of the beautiful Seneca Lake, by the banks of the Mohawk and Genesee rivers, in the forests of Oneida and Cayuga, and in many other parts of this fertile region, these strongholds of a savage people stood secure.

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**Who acts:** strongholds · **What happens:** stand · **To what, where:** shores

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, How the Iroquois Built Their Log Forts. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (strongholds), 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:pg73136:7:10
# text = On the shores of the beautiful Seneca Lake, by the banks of the Mohawk and Genesee rivers, in the forests of Oneida and Cayuga, and in many other parts of this fertile region, these strongholds of a savage people stood secure.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shores	shore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	Seneca	Seneca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Lake	Lake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	Mohawk	Mohawk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Genesee	Genesee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Oneida	Oneida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	Cayuga	Cayuga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
31	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	36	det	_	_
35	fertile	fertile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	39	det	_	_
39	strongholds	stronghold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nsubj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	savage	savage	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nmod	_	_
44	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
45	secure	secure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	44	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | this strongholds of a savage people |  |  | the shores of the beautiful Seneca Lake and the banks of the Mohawk rivers and the forests of Oneida and Cayuga |  | in many other parts of this fertile region; secure *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shore=Location |

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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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