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title: A semi-civilized Pueblo tribe, perhaps the best known of any of the… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: A semi-civilized Pueblo tribe, perhaps the best known of any of the Village Indians of the United States. Who acts: best. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Key to Marks of Pronunciation, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Key to Marks of Pronunciation, sentence 173

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A semi-civilized Pueblo tribe, perhaps the best known of any of the Village Indians of the United States.

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**Who acts:** best · **What happens:** know · **To what, where:** semi-civilized Pueblo tribe

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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 (best), 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:pg73136:86:173
# text = A semi-civilized Pueblo tribe, perhaps the best known of any of the Village Indians of the United States.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	semi-civilized	semi-civilized	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Pueblo	pueblo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	nsubj	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Village	Village	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | participle | the best |  |  |  |  | of any of the Village Indians of the United States; perhaps *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of any=Stimulus |

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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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