Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 5, sentence 193

He made a great effort and sprang for the edge, but he just managed to catch on at the line of his waist; his upper parts, which reached above the edge, at once became human; his lower parts, extending below the edge, remained in the form of the squirrel.

Who acts: tree · What happens: make, manage, catch on, reach, become, extend · To what, where: great effort, line, upper parts, edge, form, squirrel

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 (tree), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 effort	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 effort	amod
5	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sprang	cc
7	sprang	sprang	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 effort	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 edge	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 edge	det
10	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sprang	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 managed	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 managed	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 managed	nsubj
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 managed	advmod
15	managed	manage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 made	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 catch	mark
17	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 managed	xcomp
18	on	on	ADP	_	17 catch	compound:prt
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 line	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 line	det
21	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 catch	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 waist	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 waist	nmod:poss
24	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 line	nmod
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 reached	punct
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 parts	nmod:poss
27	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 parts	amod
28	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 reached	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 reached	punct
30	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 reached	nsubj
31	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 made	parataxis
32	above	above	ADP	_	34 edge	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 edge	det
34	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 reached	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 became	punct
36	at	at	SCONJ	_	38 became	mark
37	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	38 became	advmod
38	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 reached	conj
39	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 became	xcomp
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 parts	nmod:poss
42	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	43 parts	amod
43	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 extending	punct
45	extending	extend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 made	advcl
46	below	below	ADP	_	48 edge	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 edge	det
48	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 extending	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 remained	punct
50	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 edge	acl
51	in	in	ADP	_	53 form	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 form	det
53	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 remained	obl
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 squirrel	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 squirrel	det
56	squirrel	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 form	nmod
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	past	tree	a great effort and sprang for the edge		tree's lower parts obj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset effort=Beneficiary part=Product
2	manage	past	tree				vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	catch on	to-infinitive	tree not said here		the line of tree's waist		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at line=Asset
4	reach	past		tree's upper parts	the edge	which nsubj	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	become	past				human, once property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
6	extend	gerund	tree not said here		the edge		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme below edge=Location
7	remain	participle		the edge not said here	the form of the squirrel		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Location
8	form			the squirrel			nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 5, sentence 193