Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 5, sentence 7
But he asked the others, “You will have to bring my share to me, since I can’t come.
Who acts: Otter, You, my · What happens: ask, have, bring, not come, share · To what, where: others, share, Otter · 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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Otter, You, my), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 asked | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 others | det |
| 5 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 asked | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
| 7 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
| 8 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 have | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 have | aux |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asked | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 bring | mark |
| 12 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 have | xcomp |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 share | nmod:poss |
| 14 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bring | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 me | case |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 bring | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 come | punct |
| 18 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 22 come | mark |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 come | nsubj |
| 20 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 come | aux |
| 21 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 come | advmod |
| 22 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 bring | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | Otter | the others | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | future | You | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | bring in a quote | to-infinitive | You not said here | my share | Otter | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent share=Theme to i=Destination | |||
| 4 | not come in a quote | can | Otter | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | share in a quote | my | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
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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