--- title: The Portage Indians tell that each tribe wanted the mountain; at las… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics description: The Portage Indians tell that each tribe wanted the mountain; at last, when many tribes were working together to get out the copper, it was agreed to let one tribe own it; but which tribe? Who acts: Portage Indians, tribe, many tribes, one tribe. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/83/8/) [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/) / [XIV. How the Copper Mountain Came to F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/83/) / 8 # Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, XIV. How the Copper Mountain Came to Fall, sentence 8 The Portage Indians tell that each tribe wanted the mountain; at last, when many tribes were working together to get out the copper, it was agreed to let one tribe own it; but which tribe? **Who acts:** Portage Indians, tribe, many tribes, one tribe · **What happens:** tell, want, work together, get out, agree, let · **To what, where:** tribe, mountain, copper, one tribe · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, XIV. How the Copper Mountain Came to Fall. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Portage Indians, tribe, many tribes, one tribe), 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:pg73136:83:8 # text = The Portage Indians tell that each tribe wanted the mountain; at last, when many tribes were working together to get out the copper, it was agreed to let one tribe own it; but which tribe? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Portage Portage PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 19 mark _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 own own VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 xcomp _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 39 det _ _ 39 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the Portage Indians | which tribe | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** | past | each tribe | the mountain | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mountain=Theme | | 3 | **work together** | past · progressive | many tribes | | | | | together *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get out** | to-infinitive | many tribes *not said here* | the copper | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive | | copper | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: subject=Co-Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | one tribe | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **own** | present | one tribe *not said here* | copper | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | 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/pg73136/83/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg73136/83/9/) - ↑ back to [XIV. 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