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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 stayed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Muskrat | det |
| 3 | Muskrat | Muskrat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 stayed | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stayed | aux |
| 5 | stayed | stay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 10 wigwam | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Indians | det |
| 8 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 wigwam | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 8 Indians | case |
| 10 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stayed | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 listened | cc |
| 12 | listened | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stayed | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 what | case |
| 14 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 listened | obl |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 saying | nsubj |
| 16 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 saying | aux |
| 17 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 what | acl:relcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 got | punct |
| 19 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 22 got | mark |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 feet | nmod:poss |
| 21 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 got | nsubj |
| 22 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 listened | conj |
| 23 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 cold | advmod |
| 24 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 got | xcomp |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 stay | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 stay | nsubj |
| 27 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 stay | aux |
| 28 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 cold | advcl |
| 29 | no | no | ADV | _ | 30 longer | advmod |
| 30 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 28 stay | advmod |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 stayed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past · perfect | the Muskrat | the Indians's wigwam | now | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside wigwam=Location | |||
| 2 | listen | past | the Muskrat not said here | what obl | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past · progressive | Indians = indian | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | get | past | Muskrat's feet | cold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | stay | could | Muskrat | long property | vn 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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