Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 8, sentence 45
“The Iroquois used to come here to fight the Ojibwa because the Americans had driven them from their homes in the States and the Iroquois had to seek new countries beyond the settlements in the North.
Who acts: Iroquois, Americans · What happens: use, come, fight, drive, have, seek · To what, where: Ojibwa, paddles, homes, new countries, settlements
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 (Iroquois, Americans), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 used | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Iroquois | det |
| 3 | Iroquois | Iroquois | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 used | nsubj |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 come | mark |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 used | xcomp |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 come | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 fight | mark |
| 9 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 come | xcomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Ojibwa | det |
| 11 | Ojibwa | Ojibwa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 fight | obj |
| 12 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 16 driven | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Americans | det |
| 14 | Americans | American | PROPN | Number=Plur | 16 driven | nsubj |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 driven | aux |
| 16 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 fight | advcl |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 driven | obj |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 homes | case |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 homes | nmod:poss |
| 20 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 driven | obl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 States | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 States | det |
| 23 | States | State | PROPN | Number=Plur | 20 homes | nmod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 had | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Iroquois | det |
| 26 | Iroquois | Iroquois | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 had | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 States | conj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 seek | mark |
| 29 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 had | xcomp |
| 30 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 countries | amod |
| 31 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 seek | obj |
| 32 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 34 settlements | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 settlements | det |
| 34 | settlements | settlement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 seek | obl |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 North | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 North | det |
| 37 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 settlements | nmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 used | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use in a quote | past | the Iroquois | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | come in a quote | to-infinitive | the Iroquois not said here | here | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fight in a quote | to-infinitive | the Iroquois not said here | the Ojibwa | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ojibwa=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | drive in a quote | past · perfect | the Americans | paddles = paddle | paddles's homes in the States | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from home=Trajectory | |||
| 5 | have in a quote | past | the Iroquois | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | seek in a quote | to-infinitive | the Iroquois not said here | new countries | the settlements in the North | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent country=Theme beyond settlement=Location |
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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