Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Timiskaming Folk-lore., sentence 13
The constellation Ursa Major (Great Bear or Dipper) is called wədji·′g “fisher” or “black cat” (Mustela pennanti).
What happens: call · To what, where: constellation · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Timiskaming Folk-lore.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 constellation | det |
| 2 | constellation | constellation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 called | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | Ursa | Ursa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 constellation | appos |
| 4 | Major | Major | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Ursa | flat |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 7 Bear | punct |
| 6 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Bear | amod |
| 7 | Bear | Bear | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Ursa | appos |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 Dipper | cc |
| 9 | Dipper | Dipper | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Bear | conj |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 Bear | punct |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 called | aux:pass |
| 12 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | wədji | wədji | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 called | xcomp |
| 14 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 16 g | punct |
| 15 | ′ | ′ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 g | compound |
| 16 | g | G | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 called | xcomp |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 fisher | punct |
| 18 | fisher | fisher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 g | appos |
| 19 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 fisher | punct |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 23 cat | cc |
| 21 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 cat | punct |
| 22 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 cat | amod |
| 23 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 g | conj |
| 24 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 cat | punct |
| 25 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 26 Mustela | punct |
| 26 | Mustela | Mustela | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 cat | appos |
| 27 | pennanti | pennanti | X | _ | 26 Mustela | acl:relcl |
| 28 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 26 Mustela | punct |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present · passive | the constellation | wədji xcomp; ′ g or black cat xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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: «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Project Gutenberg book 66509 (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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