Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 4, sentence 198
Now, one time, when he gave one of his feasts, Beaver cut his grease supply into cakes which he served around to his guests.
Who acts: chief, Beaver, cakes · What happens: give, cut, serve around · To what, where: one, grease supply, cakes, guests
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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chief, Beaver, cakes), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 gave | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 time | nummod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gave | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 time | punct |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 gave | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 gave | nsubj |
| 8 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 gave | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 feasts | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 feasts | nmod:poss |
| 12 | feasts | feast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 one | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cut | punct |
| 14 | Beaver | Beaver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 cut | nsubj |
| 15 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 gave | parataxis |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 supply | nmod:poss |
| 17 | grease | grease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 supply | compound |
| 18 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cut | obj |
| 19 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 cakes | case |
| 20 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 cut | obl |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 served | nsubj |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 served | nsubj |
| 23 | served | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 cakes | acl:relcl |
| 24 | around | around | ADV | _ | 23 served | advmod |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 guests | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 guests | nmod:poss |
| 27 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 served | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | chief | one of chief's feasts | now; time | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | |||
| 2 | cut | past | Beaver | chief's grease supply | cakes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent supply=Material into cake=Product | |||
| 3 | serve around | past | cakes | chief's guests | chief nsubj; around property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to guest=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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