Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 10
A little device to bring rain: suck the flat side of a green leaf until it snaps, or slap one hand with the palm of the other, holding the leaf in the fist of the first.
Who acts: little device, device · What happens: bring, suck, snap, slap, hold · To what, where: rain, flat side, one hand, leaf, fist
This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Timagami Folk-lore.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little device, device), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 device | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 device | amod |
| 3 | device | device | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 suck | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 bring | mark |
| 5 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 device | acl |
| 6 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bring | obj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 suck | punct |
| 8 | suck | suck | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 side | det |
| 10 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 side | amod |
| 11 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 suck | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 leaf | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 leaf | det |
| 14 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 leaf | amod |
| 15 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 side | nmod |
| 16 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 18 snaps | mark |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 snaps | nsubj |
| 18 | snaps | snap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 suck | advcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 slap | punct |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 slap | cc |
| 21 | slap | slap | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 suck | conj |
| 22 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 hand | nummod |
| 23 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 slap | obj |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 palm | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 palm | det |
| 26 | palm | palm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 slap | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 other | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 other | det |
| 29 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 palm | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 holding | punct |
| 31 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 slap | advcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 leaf | det |
| 33 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 holding | obj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 fist | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 fist | det |
| 36 | fist | fist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 holding | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 first | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 first | det |
| 39 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 36 fist | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 suck | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | to-infinitive | a little device not said here | rain | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rain=Theme | ||||
| 2 | suck | infinitive | a little device | the flat side of a green leaf | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent side=Source | ||||
| 3 | snap | present | device | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | slap | infinitive | a little device not said here | one hand | with the palm of the other | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with palm=Instrument | |||
| 5 | hold | gerund | a little device not said here | the leaf | the fist of the first | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme in fist=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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