--- title: V. How the Woodchuck Helped Menabozho — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · full text with trees description: V. How the Woodchuck Helped Menabozho, «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: (Chippewa, 1895) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/74/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Wigwam stories told by North American…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/) / V. How the Woodchuck Helped Menabozho # V. How the Woodchuck Helped Menabozho V. How the Woodchuck Helped Menabozho of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 12 sentences and 151 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. (Chippewa, 1895)[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho watched for the water manitou, and he stood just like a stump of a tree.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") The bear which was watching for Menabozho did not see him.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") The mud turtle which was watching did not know that he was the stump, so they went to sleep; then Menabozho got back his wolfskin from under the manitou, and the manitou did not need it any more.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") All the other water manitous gave chase after Menabozho to avenge their brother.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") He called to a woodchuck to dig fast into a hill.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho pulled into the hole all the dirt that the woodchuck threw out.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The water manitous found no hole in the hill, and Menabozho got away.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") Menabozho gave the woodchuck long claws and soft hair.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") He told him that the corn is good.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") He called the woodchuck his brother because he helped to hide Menabozho from the water manitous.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") Ooranah.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [IV. How the Kingfisher Got His Ring and His Ruffle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/73/) - next →: [VI. Menabozho Swallowed By a Large Fish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/75/) - ↑ back to [Wigwam stories told by North American Indians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/)