Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 6, sentence 133
So these two boys used to play around, shooting bows and arrows for fun, just as the Ojibwa boys do now.
Who acts: two boys, Ojibwa boys · What happens: use, play around, shoot, do · To what, where: bows
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 (two boys, Ojibwa boys), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 used | advmod |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 boys | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 boys | nummod |
| 4 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 used | nsubj |
| 5 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 play | mark |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 used | xcomp |
| 8 | around | around | ADV | _ | 7 play | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 shooting | punct |
| 10 | shooting | shoot | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 play | advcl |
| 11 | bows | bow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 shooting | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 arrows | cc |
| 13 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 bows | conj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 fun | case |
| 15 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shooting | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 do | punct |
| 17 | just | just | ADV | _ | 22 do | advmod |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 22 do | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 boys | det |
| 20 | Ojibwa | Ojibwa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 boys | compound |
| 21 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 do | nsubj |
| 22 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 used | conj |
| 23 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 do | advmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 used | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | this two boys | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | play around | to-infinitive | this two boys not said here | around property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | shoot | gerund | this two boys not said here | bows and arrows | for fun | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | |||
| 4 | do | present | the Ojibwa boys | now | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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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