Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 36
If a child is born feet first he is gifted with curing powers for people with sore backs.
What happens: bear, gift · To what, where: child
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: 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 born | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 child | det |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 born | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 born | aux:pass |
| 5 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 gifted | advcl |
| 6 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 born | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 born | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gifted | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 gifted | aux:pass |
| 10 | gifted | gift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 powers | case |
| 12 | curing | curing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 powers | compound |
| 13 | powers | power | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 gifted | obl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 people | case |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 gifted | obl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 backs | case |
| 17 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 backs | amod |
| 18 | backs | back | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 people | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 gifted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | a child | feet obl:unmarked; first property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | gift | present · passive | child | with curing powers; for people with sore backs | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
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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