Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 6, sentence 48
When the old White Bear heard about the news, he said to his family, “We should have told this man about our otters, because he didn’t know.
Who acts: old White Bear, otter · What happens: hear, say, tell, not know · To what, where: family, We, man · 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 (old White Bear, otter), 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 | 6 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Bear | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Bear | amod |
| 4 | White | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Bear | amod |
| 5 | Bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 heard | nsubj |
| 6 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 said | advcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 news | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 news | det |
| 9 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 heard | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 heard | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 said | nsubj |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 family | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 family | nmod:poss |
| 15 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 told | punct |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 told | punct |
| 18 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 told | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 told | aux |
| 20 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 21 told | aux |
| 21 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 said | conj |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 man | det |
| 23 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 told | iobj |
| 24 | about | about | ADP | _ | 26 otters | case |
| 25 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 otters | nmod:poss |
| 26 | otters | otter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 man | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 know | punct |
| 28 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 32 know | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 know | nsubj |
| 30 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 know | aux |
| 31 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 32 know | advmod |
| 32 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 told | conj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the old White Bear | about the news | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about news=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | otter | otter's family | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to family=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert in a quote | should · perfect · passive | We | this man about our otters | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient man=Topic | ||||
| 4 | not know in a quote | past · do-support | otter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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