Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 5, sentence 137
When he reached the edge of the ice, he shot an arrow across, then he sped so fast that he reached the other side of the lake before the arrow got there.
Who acts: man, arrow · What happens: reach, shoot, speed, get · To what, where: edge, arrow, other side
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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, arrow), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 3 reached | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reached | nsubj |
| 3 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 shot | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 edge | det |
| 5 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reached | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 ice | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ice | det |
| 8 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 edge | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 reached | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 shot | nsubj |
| 11 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 arrow | det |
| 13 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shot | obj |
| 14 | across | across | ADV | _ | 11 shot | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sped | punct |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 sped | advmod |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 sped | nsubj |
| 18 | sped | speed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 shot | conj |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 fast | advmod |
| 20 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 18 sped | advmod |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 reached | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 reached | nsubj |
| 23 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 sped | advcl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 side | det |
| 25 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 side | amod |
| 26 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 reached | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 lake | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 lake | det |
| 29 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 side | nmod |
| 30 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 33 got | mark |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 arrow | det |
| 32 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 got | nsubj |
| 33 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 reached | advcl |
| 34 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 33 got | advmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 shot | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | man | the edge of the ice | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent edge=Theme | ||||
| 2 | shoot | past | man | a arrow | across property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme | |||
| 3 | speed | past | man | then | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | reach | past | man | the other side of the lake | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent side=Theme | ||||
| 5 | get | past | the arrow | there | vn 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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