Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 8, sentence 2
There was a conjurer (mi·te′w), [49] whose name was Gitcikwe′we (“buzzing noise”), his wife Pi·dje′ʻkwe [50] and their children, camping at a lake in a wigwam.
Who acts: conjurer, 49, we, Gitcikwe ′ · What happens: be, camp, name · To what, where: Gitcikwe ′, lake
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 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (conjurer, 49, we, Gitcikwe ′), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 conjurer | det |
| 4 | conjurer | conjurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 mi | punct |
| 6 | mi | mi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 conjurer | appos |
| 7 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 10 w | punct |
| 8 | te | te | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ′ | compound |
| 9 | ′ | ′ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 w | compound |
| 10 | w | w | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mi | conj |
| 11 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 mi | punct |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 ′ | punct |
| 13 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 14 49 | punct |
| 14 | 49 | 49 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 20 ′ | nsubj |
| 15 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 14 49 | punct |
| 16 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 17 name | nmod:poss |
| 17 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ′ | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 ′ | cop |
| 19 | Gitcikwe | Gitcikwe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 ′ | compound |
| 20 | ′ | ′ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 was | obl |
| 21 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 camping | nsubj |
| 22 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 25 noise | punct |
| 23 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 noise | punct |
| 24 | buzzing | buzzing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 noise | compound |
| 25 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 we | appos |
| 26 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 noise | punct |
| 27 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 25 noise | punct |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Pi | punct |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 wife | nmod:poss |
| 30 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Pi | nmod:desc |
| 31 | Pi | Pi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 we | conj |
| 32 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 35 ʻkwe | punct |
| 33 | dje | dje | X | Foreign=Yes | 35 ʻkwe | amod |
| 34 | ′ | ′ | X | Foreign=Yes | 33 dje | flat:foreign |
| 35 | ʻkwe | ʻkwe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Pi | appos |
| 36 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 37 50 | punct |
| 37 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 35 ʻkwe | appos |
| 38 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 37 50 | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 children | cc |
| 40 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 children | nmod:poss |
| 41 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 we | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 camping | punct |
| 43 | camping | camp | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 ′ | acl:relcl |
| 44 | at | at | ADP | _ | 46 lake | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 lake | det |
| 46 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 camping | obl |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 wigwam | case |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 wigwam | det |
| 49 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 camping | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | a conjurer | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | 49 | Gitcikwe ′ | Gitcikwe ′'s name nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | camp | gerund | we | Gitcikwe ′ not said here | a lake | in a wigwam | vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ′=Theme at lake=Location | ||
| 4 | name | Gitcikwe ′ | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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