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title: The Sioux nation comprised the Dakota and Assiniboin tribes; those I… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: The Sioux nation comprised the Dakota and Assiniboin tribes; those Indians living in the middle west of the United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River; and also many tribes in Virginia, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, and Mississippi. Who acts: Sioux nation, Indians. A sente
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Key to Marks of Pronunciation, sentence 138

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The Sioux nation comprised the Dakota and Assiniboin tribes; those Indians living in the middle west of the United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River; and also many tribes in Virginia, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, and Mississippi.

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**Who acts:** Sioux nation, Indians · **What happens:** comprise, live · **To what, where:** Dakota tribes, middle west

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Key to Marks of Pronunciation. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sioux nation, Indians), 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:pg73136:86:138
# text = The Sioux nation comprised the Dakota and Assiniboin tribes; those Indians living in the middle west of the United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River; and also many tribes in Virginia, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, and Mississippi.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Sioux	Sioux	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	nation	nation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	comprised	comprise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	Dakota	Dakota	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Assiniboin	Assiniboin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
13	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	Rocky	Rocky	PROPN	NNP	_	25	compound	_	_
25	Mountains	Mountain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	Mississippi	Mississippi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	also	also	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Virginia	Virginia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	Kentucky	Kentucky	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
43	Carolina	Carolina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	Mississippi	Mississippi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comprise** | past | the Sioux nation | the Dakota tribes |  |  |  | that Indians *obl*; many tribes in Virginia and Kentucky and North Carolina and Mississippi *obl* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tribe=Pivot |
| 2 | **live** | gerund | that Indians *not said here* |  |  | the middle west of the United States from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in west=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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