Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 1, sentence 76
(c) Nenebuc Starts Travelling, Anum Suum Castigat for Deceiving Him, Changes the Colour of the Partridge Family, and Originates Rock Tripe from his Scabs for the Benefit of the People.
Who acts: Nenebuc · What happens: start, deceive, change · To what, where: c, Suum, Colour
This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nenebuc), 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 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 c | punct |
| 2 | c | c | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Starts | obl |
| 3 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 c | punct |
| 4 | Nenebuc | Nenebuc | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Starts | nsubj |
| 5 | Starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Travelling | Travelling | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Starts | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Suum | punct |
| 8 | Anum | Anum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Suum | compound |
| 9 | Suum | Suum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Travelling | conj |
| 10 | Castigat | Castigat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Suum | flat |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 Deceiving | mark |
| 12 | Deceiving | deceive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 Starts | advcl |
| 13 | Him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 Deceiving | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Changes | punct |
| 15 | Changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Starts | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Colour | det |
| 17 | Colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Changes | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Family | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Family | det |
| 20 | Partridge | Partridge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Family | compound |
| 21 | Family | Family | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Colour | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Tripe | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 Tripe | cc |
| 24 | Originates | Originates | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Rock | compound |
| 25 | Rock | Rock | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Tripe | compound |
| 26 | Tripe | Tripe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Starts | parataxis |
| 27 | from | from | ADP | _ | 29 Scabs | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 Scabs | nmod:poss |
| 29 | Scabs | scab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 Tripe | nmod |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 Benefit | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Benefit | det |
| 32 | Benefit | Benefit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Scabs | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 People | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 People | det |
| 35 | People | People | PROPN | Number=Plur | 32 Benefit | nmod |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 Tripe | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | Nenebuc | c | Travelling and Anum Suum obj; Rock Tripe from Tripe's Scabs for the Benefit of the People parataxis | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent travelling=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | deceive | gerund | Nenebuc not said here | Suum | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 3 | change | present | Nenebuc not said here | the Colour of the Partridge Family | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient |
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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