Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 70
The Indians think they are like monkeys, judging from specimens of the latter they have seen in the picture-books.
Who acts: Indians, monkeys · What happens: think, be, judge, see · To what, where: specimens, picture books · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Indians, monkeys), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Indians | det |
| 2 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 think | nsubj |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 monkeys | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 monkeys | cop |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 monkeys | case |
| 7 | monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 think | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 judging | punct |
| 9 | judging | judge | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 monkeys | acl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 specimens | case |
| 11 | specimens | specimen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 judging | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 latter | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 latter | det |
| 14 | latter | latter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 specimens | nmod |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 seen | nsubj |
| 16 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 seen | aux |
| 17 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 specimens | acl:relcl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 books | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 books | det |
| 20 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 books | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 picture | punct |
| 22 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 seen | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 think | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | the Indians | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Indians = indian | like monkeys | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | judge | gerund | monkeys not said here | specimens of the latter | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | see | present · perfect | Indians = indian | specimens of the latter not said here | the picture books | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer specimen=Stimulus |
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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