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Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 4, sentence 99

When they saw him, one of the girls said, “He is a very ugly man, but we will go in his canoe and, when we get to the village, we’ll get rid of him.”

Who acts: canoes, one, Ciŋgibis, we · What happens: see, say, be, go, get · To what, where: Ciŋgibis, ugly man, canoe · 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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (canoes, one, Ciŋgibis, we), 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

advmodnsubjadvclobjpunctnsubjcasedetnmodconjpunctpunctnsubjcopdetadvmodamodccomppunctccnsubjauxconjcasenmod:possoblccpunctadvmodnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctnsubjauxxcompcaseoblpunctpunctrootWhenADVtheyPRONsawVERBhimPRON,PUNCToneNUMofADPtheDETgirlsNOUNsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTHePRONisAUXaDETveryADVuglyADJmanNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJwePRONwillAUXgoVERBinADPhisPRONcanoeNOUNandCCONJ,PUNCTwhenADVwePRONgetVERBtoADPtheDETvillageNOUN,PUNCTwePRON’llAUXgetVERBridADJofADPhimPRON.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 sawadvmod
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 sawnsubj
3sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 getadvcl
4himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 sawobj
5,,PUNCT_10 saidpunct
6oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card10 saidnsubj
7ofofADP_9 girlscase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 girlsdet
9girlsgirlNOUNNumber=Plur6 onenmod
10saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 sawconj
11,,PUNCT_18 manpunct
12“"PUNCT_18 manpunct
13HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 mannsubj
14isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 mancop
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 mandet
16veryveryADV_17 uglyadvmod
17uglyuglyADJDegree=Pos18 manamod
18manmanNOUNNumber=Sing10 saidccomp
19,,PUNCT_23 gopunct
20butbutCCONJ_23 gocc
21wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs23 gonsubj
22willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin23 goaux
23gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf3 sawconj
24ininADP_26 canoecase
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 canoenmod:poss
26canoecanoeNOUNNumber=Sing23 goobl
27andandCCONJ_31 getcc
28,,PUNCT_31 getpunct
29whenwhenADVPronType=Int31 getadvmod
30wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs31 getnsubj
31getgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 goconj
32totoADP_34 villagecase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 villagedet
34villagevillageNOUNNumber=Sing31 getobl
35,,PUNCT_3 sawpunct
36wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs38 getnsubj
37’llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin38 getaux
38getgetVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
39ridridADJDegree=Pos38 getxcomp
40ofofADP_41 himcase
41himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 ridobl
42..PUNCT_38 getpunct
43”"PUNCT_38 getpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastcanoes = canoeCiŋgibisvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2say speech: assertpastone of the girlsvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3is a in a quotepresentCiŋgibisa ugly mantree rules
4go in a quotefutureweCiŋgibis's canoevn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in canoe=Location
5get in a quotepresentweto the village resultvn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to village=Result
6get in a quotefuturewerid propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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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