Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 6, sentence 142
But the boy started to swim nevertheless, saying, “Koga′miko” (“swallowed in the water”) with each stroke that his arms took.
Who acts: boy, arms · What happens: start, swim, say, swallow, take · To what, where: Koga ′ miko, water, stroke · 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 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, arms), 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 | _ | 4 started | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 started | nsubj |
| 4 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 swim | mark |
| 6 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 started | xcomp |
| 7 | nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 6 swim | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 saying | punct |
| 9 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 started | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 miko | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 miko | punct |
| 12 | Koga | Koga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 miko | compound |
| 13 | ′ | ′ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 miko | compound |
| 14 | miko | miko | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 saying | ccomp |
| 15 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 miko | punct |
| 16 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 swallowed | punct |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 swallowed | punct |
| 18 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 miko | acl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 water | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 water | det |
| 21 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 swallowed | obl |
| 22 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 swallowed | punct |
| 23 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 swallowed | punct |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 stroke | case |
| 25 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 stroke | det |
| 26 | stroke | stroke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 saying | obl |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 took | mark |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 arms | nmod:poss |
| 29 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 took | nsubj |
| 30 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 stroke | acl:relcl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 started | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | the boy | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | swim | to-infinitive | the boy not said here | nevertheless property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | the boy not said here | with each stroke; Koga ′ miko ccomp | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with stroke=Manner | ||||
| 4 | swallow in a quote | participle | Koga ′ miko not said here | the water | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | take | past | water's arms | each stroke not said here | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=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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