Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 5, sentence 81
When he had tracked them to Big Fisher lake, he could see right across the lake, because there was no island in the way, and there, on the other side, he saw where Big Fisher lived.
Who acts: Aniwɔ, island, Big Fisher · What happens: track, see, be, live · To what, where: trails, other side, lake
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 (Aniwɔ, island, Big Fisher), 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 | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 tracked | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tracked | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tracked | aux |
| 4 | tracked | track | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tracked | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 lake | case |
| 7 | Big | Big | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Fisher | flat |
| 8 | Fisher | Fisher | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 lake | compound |
| 9 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tracked | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 see | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 see | nsubj |
| 12 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 see | aux |
| 13 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tracked | parataxis |
| 14 | right | right | ADV | _ | 17 lake | advmod |
| 15 | across | across | ADP | _ | 17 lake | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lake | det |
| 17 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 see | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 was | punct |
| 19 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 21 was | mark |
| 20 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 21 was | expl |
| 21 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 see | parataxis |
| 22 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 23 island | det |
| 23 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 was | nsubj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 way | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 way | det |
| 26 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 island | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 there | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 there | cc |
| 29 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 tracked | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 side | punct |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 34 side | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 side | det |
| 33 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 side | amod |
| 34 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tracked | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 saw | punct |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 saw | nsubj |
| 37 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tracked | parataxis |
| 38 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 41 lived | advmod |
| 39 | Big | Big | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Fisher | flat |
| 40 | Fisher | Fisher | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 lived | nsubj |
| 41 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 saw | advcl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 tracked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | track | past · perfect | Aniwɔ | trails = trail | the other side; there | to Fisher lake | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme on side=Location | ||
| 2 | see | could | Aniwɔ | the lake | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lake=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | be | past | no island in the way | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | see | past | Aniwɔ | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | live | past | Big Fisher | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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