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title: It is told of the famous Chief Logan that he saved a captive white b… — Wigwam stories told by North American Indians · tree and pragmatics
description: It is told of the famous Chief Logan that he saved a captive white by rushing through the circle of Indians who were tormenting him, and throwing a string of wampum about the captive’s neck. Who acts: famous Chief, hole, Indians. A sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary 
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# Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, Wampum Money, sentence 33

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It is told of the famous Chief Logan that he saved a captive white by rushing through the circle of Indians who were tormenting him, and throwing a string of wampum about the captive’s neck.

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**Who acts:** famous Chief, hole, Indians · **What happens:** tell, save, rush, torment, throw · **To what, where:** Wampum, captive white, circle, hole, string · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (famous Chief, hole, 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:pg73136:9:33
# text = It is told of the famous Chief Logan that he saved a captive white by rushing through the circle of Indians who were tormenting him, and throwing a string of wampum about the captive’s neck.
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	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
8	Logan	Logan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obj	_	_
15	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
17	through	through	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
22	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
23	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	tormenting	torment	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	acl:relcl	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	wampum	wampum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	about	about	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	captive	captive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	’s	's	PART	POS	_	35	case	_	_
37	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | the famous Chief | Wampum |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **save** | past | hole | a captive white |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent white=Theme |
| 3 | **rush** | gerund | hole *not said here* |  |  | the circle of Indians |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through circle=Trajectory |
| 4 | **torment** | past · progressive | Indians | hole |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 5 | **throw** | gerund | hole *not said here* | a string of wampum |  |  |  | about the captive's neck | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent string=Theme about neck=Destination |

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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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