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Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 8, sentence 6

He saw nothing in particular that frightened him, but on account of his mi·te′w feeling he became afraid and knew that something was coming.

Who acts: Pi, te ′, something · What happens: see, frighten, feel, become, know, come · To what, where: nothing, particular, Pi, mi · 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 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pi, te ′, something), 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

nsubjobjcasenmodnsubjacl:relclobjpunctcccaseoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctcompoundconjmarkaclnsubjccompxcompccconjmarknsubjauxccomppunctrootHePRONsawVERBnothingPRONinADPparticularADJthatPRONfrightenedVERBhimPRON,PUNCTbutCCONJonADPaccountNOUNofADPhisPRONmiNOUN·PUNCTteNOUN′NOUNwADPfeelingVERBhePRONbecameVERBafraidADJandCCONJknewVERBthatSCONJsomethingPRONwasAUXcomingVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 sawnsubj
2sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg2 sawobj
4ininADP_5 particularcase
5particularparticularADJDegree=Pos3 nothingnmod
6thatthatPRONPronType=Rel7 frightenednsubj
7frightenedfrightenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 nothingacl:relcl
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 frightenedobj
9,,PUNCT_18 ′punct
10butbutCCONJ_18 ′cc
11ononADP_12 accountcase
12accountaccountNOUNNumber=Sing18 ′obl
13ofofADP_15 micase
14hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 minmod:poss
15mimiNOUNNumber=Sing12 accountnmod
16··PUNCT_18 ′punct
17teteNOUNNumber=Sing18 ′compound
18′′NOUNNumber=Sing2 sawconj
19wwithADPAbbr=Yes20 feelingmark
20feelingfeelVERBVerbForm=Ger18 ′acl
21hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 becamensubj
22becamebecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 feelingccomp
23afraidafraidADJDegree=Pos22 becamexcomp
24andandCCONJ_25 knewcc
25knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 becameconj
26thatthatSCONJ_29 comingmark
27somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind29 comingnsubj
28wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 comingaux
29comingcomeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part25 knewccomp
30..PUNCT_2 sawpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastPinothingparticularte ′ on account of Pi's mi conjvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
2frightenpastPivn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
3feelgerundte ′ on account of Pi's mi not said herevn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4becomepastPiafraid propertyvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
5knowpastPi not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6comepast · progressivesomethingvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7accountPi's minom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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