Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 3, sentence 126
At the top of the hill Wemicus said, “Follow me,” for he intended to pass close by the snakes’ lair.
Who acts: Wemicus · What happens: say, follow, intend, pass · To what, where: top, Wemicus · Speech: someone speaks here
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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wemicus), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 top | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 top | det |
| 3 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 hill | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hill | det |
| 6 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 top | nmod |
| 7 | Wemicus | Wemicus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Follow | punct |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Follow | punct |
| 11 | Follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 Follow | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Follow | punct |
| 14 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Follow | punct |
| 15 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 17 intended | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 intended | nsubj |
| 17 | intended | intend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 Follow | advcl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 pass | mark |
| 19 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 intended | xcomp |
| 20 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 pass | advmod |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 lair | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 snakes | det |
| 23 | snakes | snake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 lair | nmod:poss |
| 24 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 23 snakes | case |
| 25 | lair | lair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 pass | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Wemicus | the top of the hill | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | follow in a quote | infinitive | Wemicus | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||||
| 3 | intend | past | Wemicus | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | pass not said to happen | to-infinitive | Wemicus not said here | by the snakes's lair; close property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by lair=Location |
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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