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Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 7, sentence 134

Now the Muskrat had stayed outside the Indians’ wigwam and listened to what they were saying, until his feet got so cold that he could stay no longer.

Who acts: Muskrat, Indians, feet · What happens: stay, listen, say, get · To what, where: wigwam · 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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Muskrat, Indians, feet), 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

advmoddetnsubjauxcasedetnmod:posscaseoblccconjcaseoblnsubjauxacl:relclpunctmarknmod:possnsubjconjadvmodxcompmarknsubjauxadvcladvmodadvmodpunctrootNowADVtheDETMuskratPROPNhadAUXstayedVERBoutsideADPtheDETIndiansPROPN’PARTwigwamNOUNandCCONJlistenedVERBtoADPwhatPRONtheyPRONwereAUXsayingVERB,PUNCTuntilSCONJhisPRONfeetNOUNgotVERBsoADVcoldADJthatSCONJhePRONcouldAUXstayVERBnoADVlongerADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem5 stayedadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Muskratdet
3MuskratMuskratPROPNNumber=Sing5 stayednsubj
4hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 stayedaux
5stayedstayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
6outsideoutsideADP_10 wigwamcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 Indiansdet
8IndiansIndianPROPNNumber=Plur10 wigwamnmod:poss
9’'sPART_8 Indianscase
10wigwamwigwamNOUNNumber=Sing5 stayedobl
11andandCCONJ_12 listenedcc
12listenedlistenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 stayedconj
13totoADP_14 whatcase
14whatwhatPRONPronType=Rel12 listenedobl
15theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs17 sayingnsubj
16werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 sayingaux
17sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 whatacl:relcl
18,,PUNCT_22 gotpunct
19untiluntilSCONJ_22 gotmark
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 feetnmod:poss
21feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur22 gotnsubj
22gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 listenedconj
23sosoADV_24 coldadvmod
24coldcoldADJDegree=Pos22 gotxcomp
25thatthatSCONJ_28 staymark
26hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 staynsubj
27couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin28 stayaux
28staystayVERBVerbForm=Inf24 coldadvcl
29nonoADV_30 longeradvmod
30longerlongADVDegree=Cmp28 stayadvmod
31..PUNCT_5 stayedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1staypast · perfectthe Muskratthe Indians's wigwamnowvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside wigwam=Location
2listenpastthe Muskrat not said herewhat oblvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme
3say speech: assertpast · progressiveIndians = indianvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4getpastMuskrat's feetcold propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5staycouldMuskratlong propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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