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title: It is believed by those who have had charge of it to be a pledge rel… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: It is believed by those who have had charge of it to be a pledge relating to a treaty between the early government of the United States and the Six Nations. Who acts: those, pledge. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Wampum Money, with its dependenc
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Wampum Money, sentence 19

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It is believed by those who have had charge of it to be a pledge relating to a treaty between the early government of the United States and the Six Nations.

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**Who acts:** those, pledge · **What happens:** believe, have, be, relate, charge · **To what, where:** finest, charge, pledge

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This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Wampum Money. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (those, pledge), 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:pg73136:9:19
# text = It is believed by those who have had charge of it to be a pledge relating to a treaty between the early government of the United States and the Six Nations.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pledge	pledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	advcl	_	_
16	relating	relate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	between	between	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	Six	Six	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present · passive | those | finest *= fine* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | present · perfect |  | charge of finest |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a pledge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **relate** | gerund | a pledge *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a treaty between the early government of the United States and the Six Nations | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to treaty=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **charge** |  |  | finest *= fine* |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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