Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 6, sentence 114
His pursuer had a bow and arrow with which he was going to kill him, but the Fisher sprang into the sky and climbed way up, with the hunter following behind him, still trying to shoot him with his bow and arrow.
Who acts: pursuer, pitch, Fisher, hunter · What happens: have, go, kill, spring, climb up, follow · To what, where: bow, pitch, sky, way
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 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pursuer, pitch, Fisher, hunter), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 pursuer | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pursuer | pursuer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bow | det |
| 5 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 arrow | cc |
| 7 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bow | conj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 which | case |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 going | obl |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 going | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 going | aux |
| 12 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 arrow | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 kill | mark |
| 14 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 going | xcomp |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 kill | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sprang | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 sprang | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Fisher | det |
| 19 | Fisher | Fisher | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 sprang | nsubj |
| 20 | sprang | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | parataxis |
| 21 | into | into | ADP | _ | 23 sky | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 sky | det |
| 23 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sprang | obl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 climbed | cc |
| 25 | climbed | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 sprang | conj |
| 26 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 climbed | obj |
| 27 | up | up | ADV | _ | 25 climbed | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 hunter | punct |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 hunter | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 hunter | det |
| 31 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 climbed | obl |
| 32 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 hunter | acl |
| 33 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 34 him | case |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 following | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 trying | punct |
| 36 | still | still | ADV | _ | 37 trying | advmod |
| 37 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 climbed | conj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 shoot | mark |
| 39 | shoot | shoot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 trying | xcomp |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 shoot | obj |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 bow | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 bow | nmod:poss |
| 43 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 shoot | obl |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 arrow | cc |
| 45 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 bow | conj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | pitch's pursuer | a bow and arrow | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go | past · progressive | pitch | with arrow | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | kill | to-infinitive | pitch not said here | pitch | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | spring | past | the Fisher | the sky | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sky=Destination | ||||
| 5 | climb up | past | the Fisher not said here | way | with the hunter | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location way=Theme | |||
| 6 | follow | gerund | the hunter not said here | behind pitch | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind he=Location | ||||
| 7 | try | gerund | the Fisher not said here | still | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | shoot not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Fisher not said here | pitch | with pitch's bow and arrow | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with bow=Instrument |
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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