Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Appendix: Notes on Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 11
Hence the knots give the appearance of a bird with outstretched wings, as seen on the enclosed piece of bark (see Figure 2).”
Who acts: knots · What happens: give, see, enclose · To what, where: appearance, enclosed piece, Figure
This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Appendix: Notes on 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 (knots), 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 | Hence | hence | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 knots | det |
| 3 | knots | knot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 appearance | det |
| 6 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 bird | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bird | det |
| 9 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 appearance | nmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 wings | case |
| 11 | outstretched | outstretched | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wings | amod |
| 12 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 give | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 seen | punct |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 seen | mark |
| 15 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 give | parataxis |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 piece | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 piece | det |
| 18 | enclosed | enclose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 piece | amod |
| 19 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 seen | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 bark | case |
| 21 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 piece | nmod |
| 22 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 23 see | punct |
| 23 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 15 seen | parataxis |
| 24 | Figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 see | obj |
| 25 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 24 Figure | flat |
| 26 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 23 see | punct |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| 28 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | the knots | the appearance of a bird | with outstretched wings; hence property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme | |||
| 2 | see | participle | the enclosed piece of bark | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | enclose | participle | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | see | infinitive | Figure | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer figure=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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