Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 55
This is stuck upright in the ground near the fire and a series of lines radiating from it are traced in the ashes or ground, each line being named for some game animal: moose, beaver, caribou, deer, bear, otter, martin, fisher, etc. Then, as the heat shrinks the sinew, it breaks the bone at the cut and the upper piece points along one of the lines marked.
Who acts: This, lines, heat, kind, upper piece · What happens: be, radiate, trace, name, shrink, break · To what, where: ground, kind, ashes, line, sinew, bone
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 (This, lines, heat, kind), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 stuck | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stuck | cop |
| 3 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 traced | advcl |
| 4 | upright | upright | ADV | _ | 3 stuck | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 ground | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ground | det |
| 7 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stuck | obl |
| 8 | near | near | ADP | _ | 10 fire | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fire | det |
| 10 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ground | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 series | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 series | det |
| 13 | series | series | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ground | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 lines | case |
| 15 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 series | nmod |
| 16 | radiating | radiate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 lines | acl |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 radiating | obl |
| 19 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 traced | aux:pass |
| 20 | traced | trace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 ashes | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 ashes | det |
| 23 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 traced | obl |
| 24 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 25 ground | cc |
| 25 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 ashes | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 named | punct |
| 27 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 line | det |
| 28 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 named | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 named | aux:pass |
| 30 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 traced | conj |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 animal | case |
| 32 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 34 animal | det |
| 33 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 animal | compound |
| 34 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 named | obl |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 36 moose | punct |
| 36 | moose | moose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 animal | appos |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 beaver | punct |
| 38 | beaver | beaver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 moose | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 caribou | punct |
| 40 | caribou | caribou | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 moose | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 deer | punct |
| 42 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 moose | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 bear | punct |
| 44 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 moose | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 otter | punct |
| 46 | otter | otter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 moose | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 martin | punct |
| 48 | martin | martin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 moose | conj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 fisher | punct |
| 50 | fisher | fisher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 moose | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 etc. | punct |
| 52 | etc. | etc. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 36 moose | conj |
| 53 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 30 named | advmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 shrinks | punct |
| 55 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 58 shrinks | mark |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 heat | det |
| 57 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 shrinks | nsubj |
| 58 | shrinks | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 named | parataxis |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 sinew | det |
| 60 | sinew | sinew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 shrinks | obj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 breaks | punct |
| 62 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 breaks | nsubj |
| 63 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 shrinks | conj |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 bone | det |
| 65 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 breaks | obj |
| 66 | at | at | ADP | _ | 68 cut | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 cut | det |
| 68 | cut | cut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 breaks | obl |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 points | cc |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 piece | det |
| 71 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 piece | amod |
| 72 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 points | nsubj |
| 73 | points | point | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 63 breaks | conj |
| 74 | along | along | ADP | _ | 75 one | case |
| 75 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 79 marked | obl |
| 76 | of | of | ADP | _ | 78 lines | case |
| 77 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 lines | det |
| 78 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 79 marked | obl |
| 79 | marked | mark | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 points | ccomp |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 traced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | This | the ground near the fire and a series of lines | stuck, upright property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | radiate | gerund | lines not said here | kind | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from it=Source | ||||
| 3 | trace | present · passive | the ashes or ground | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in ash=Destination | |||||
| 4 | name | gerund · passive | each line | then | for some game animal | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 5 | shrink | present | the heat | the sinew | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sinew=Patient | ||||
| 6 | break | present | kind | the bone | the cut | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient | |||
| 7 | point | present | the upper piece | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | mark | past | the upper piece not said here | along one; of the lines | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent along one=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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