Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 8, sentence 43
The Ojibwa never go near there when they can avoid it; and they seldom throw a stone in the lake, splash their paddles, or shoot their guns near its shores.
Who acts: Ojibwa, plaints · What happens: not go, avoid, throw, splash, shoot · To what, where: Ojibwa, stone, lake, paddles, guns, shores
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 (Ojibwa, plaints), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Ojibwa | det |
| 2 | Ojibwa | Ojibwa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 go | advmod |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | near | near | ADV | _ | 6 there | advmod |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 go | advmod |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 avoid | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 avoid | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 avoid | aux |
| 10 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 avoid | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 throw | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 throw | cc |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 throw | nsubj |
| 15 | seldom | seldom | ADV | _ | 16 throw | advmod |
| 16 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | conj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 stone | det |
| 18 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 throw | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 lake | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 lake | det |
| 21 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 throw | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 splash | punct |
| 23 | splash | splash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 throw | advcl |
| 24 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 paddles | nmod:poss |
| 25 | paddles | paddle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 splash | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 shoot | punct |
| 27 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 28 shoot | cc |
| 28 | shoot | shoot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 guns | nmod:poss |
| 30 | guns | gun | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 shoot | obj |
| 31 | near | near | ADP | _ | 33 shores | case |
| 32 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 shores | nmod:poss |
| 33 | shores | shore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 shoot | obl |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | present | the Ojibwa | there | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | avoid | can | plaints = plaint | Ojibwa | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location | ||||
| 3 | throw | present | plaints = plaint | a stone | the lake | seldom property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme in lake=Destination | ||
| 4 | splash | infinitive | plaints = plaint not said here | plaints's paddles | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location paddle=Theme | ||||
| 5 | shoot | infinitive | the Ojibwa not said here | plaints's guns | Ojibwa's shores | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent gun=Theme near shore=Destination |
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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