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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

ccdetnsubjmarkxcompadvmodpunctadvclpunctpunctcompoundcompoundccomppunctpunctpunctaclcasedetoblpunctpunctcasedetoblmarknmod:possnsubjacl:relclpunctrootButCCONJtheDETboyNOUNstartedVERBtoPARTswimVERBneverthelessADV,PUNCTsayingVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTKogaPROPN′NOUNmikoNOUN”PUNCT(PUNCT“PUNCTswallowedVERBinADPtheDETwaterNOUN”PUNCT)PUNCTwithADPeachDETstrokeNOUNthatSCONJhisPRONarmsNOUNtookVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_4 startedcc
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 boydet
3boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing4 startednsubj
4startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5totoPART_6 swimmark
6swimswimVERBVerbForm=Inf4 startedxcomp
7neverthelessneverthelessADV_6 swimadvmod
8,,PUNCT_9 sayingpunct
9sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 startedadvcl
10,,PUNCT_14 mikopunct
11“"PUNCT_14 mikopunct
12KogaKogaPROPNNumber=Sing14 mikocompound
13′′NOUNNumber=Sing14 mikocompound
14mikomikoNOUNNumber=Sing9 sayingccomp
15”"PUNCT_14 mikopunct
16((PUNCT_18 swallowedpunct
17“"PUNCT_18 swallowedpunct
18swallowedswallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 mikoacl
19ininADP_21 watercase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 waterdet
21waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing18 swallowedobl
22”"PUNCT_18 swallowedpunct
23))PUNCT_18 swallowedpunct
24withwithADP_26 strokecase
25eacheachDETPronType=Tot26 strokedet
26strokestrokeNOUNNumber=Sing9 sayingobl
27thatthatSCONJ_30 tookmark
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 armsnmod:poss
29armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur30 tooknsubj
30tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 strokeacl:relcl
31..PUNCT_4 startedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1startpastthe boyvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2swimto-infinitivethe boy not said herenevertheless propertyvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3say speech: assertgerundthe boy not said herewith each stroke; Koga ′ miko ccompvn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with stroke=Manner
4swallow in a quoteparticipleKoga ′ miko not said herethe watervn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5takepastwater's armseach stroke not said herevn 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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