Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 6, sentence 86
These he threw into the air and they sailed off, transformed into small bats as we see them to-day.
Who acts: These, e, we · What happens: throw, sail off, transform, see · To what, where: air, e
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 (These, e, we), 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 | These | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 threw | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 threw | nsubj |
| 3 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 air | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 air | det |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 threw | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sailed | cc |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sailed | nsubj |
| 9 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 threw | conj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 sailed | compound:prt |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 transformed | punct |
| 12 | transformed | transform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 sailed | conj |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 bats | case |
| 14 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 bats | amod |
| 15 | bats | bat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 transformed | obl:agent |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 see | mark |
| 17 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 see | nsubj |
| 18 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 transformed | advcl |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 see | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 day | case |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 to | punct |
| 22 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 see | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 threw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past | These | into the air result; One nsubj | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into air=Result | ||||
| 2 | sail off | past | e | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | transform | participle | e not said here | small bats obl:agent | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | see | present | we | e | day | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
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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