Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Appendix: Notes on Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 15
Just then a Moose passed near the tree and both girls called to him for help.
What happens: pass, call · To what, where: Moose, tree, girls, Loon · Speech: someone speaks here
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: 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 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 4 Moose | advmod |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 Moose | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 Moose | det |
| 4 | Moose | moose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Moose | acl |
| 6 | near | near | ADP | _ | 8 tree | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tree | det |
| 8 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 passed | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 girls | cc |
| 10 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 girls | det |
| 11 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 tree | conj |
| 12 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 girls | acl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 called | obl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 help | case |
| 16 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 called | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 Moose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | participle | a Moose not said here | the tree and both girls | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near tree=Location | ||||
| 2 | call | participle | both girls not said here | Loon | for help | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
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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