Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 3, sentence 81
A little while after this he saw a big pine tree, and thought he would try a shot at this.
Who acts: little while, Wemicus · What happens: see, think, try · To what, where: big pine tree, shot, this · 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 (little while, 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 while | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 while | amod |
| 3 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 this | case |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 while | nmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 tree | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 tree | amod |
| 10 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tree | compound |
| 11 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saw | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 thought | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 thought | cc |
| 14 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 saw | conj |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 try | nsubj |
| 16 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 try | aux |
| 17 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 thought | ccomp |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 shot | det |
| 19 | shot | shot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 try | obj |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 this | case |
| 21 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 try | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | a little while after this | a big pine tree | Wemicus nsubj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | a little while after this not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | try | would | Wemicus | a shot | this | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shot=Eventuality |
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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