Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Appendix: Notes on Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 3
Under date of August 30, 1913, Mr. Neil C. Fergusson, Timagami Fire Ranger, wrote from Bear island, Lake Timagami: “While at Bear Island I met Mr. Speck, who was gathering Indian lore and legends for the Victoria Memorial Museum.
Who acts: Neil C., Bear Island · What happens: write, meet, gather · To what, where: date, Speck, Indian lore
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 (Neil C., Bear Island), 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 | Under | under | ADP | _ | 2 date | case |
| 2 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wrote | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 30 | case |
| 4 | August | August | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 30 | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 date | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 1913 | punct |
| 7 | 1913 | 1913 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 30 | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 date | punct |
| 9 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 C. | nmod:desc |
| 10 | Neil | Neil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 C. | compound |
| 11 | C. | C. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 wrote | nsubj |
| 12 | Fergusson | Fergusson | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 C. | flat |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Fire | punct |
| 14 | Timagami | Timagami | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Fire | compound |
| 15 | Fire | Fire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 C. | appos |
| 16 | Ranger | Ranger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Fire | flat |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Fire | punct |
| 18 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 island | case |
| 20 | Bear | Bear | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 island | compound |
| 21 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wrote | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 Lake | punct |
| 23 | Lake | Lake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 island | conj |
| 24 | Timagami | Timagami | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Lake | flat |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 32 met | punct |
| 26 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 met | punct |
| 27 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 30 Island | mark |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 30 Island | case |
| 29 | Bear | Bear | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Island | compound |
| 30 | Island | Island | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 met | nsubj |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 met | nsubj |
| 32 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 wrote | conj |
| 33 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Speck | nmod:desc |
| 34 | Speck | Speck | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 met | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 gathering | punct |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 gathering | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 gathering | aux |
| 38 | gathering | gather | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 met | advcl |
| 39 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 lore | amod |
| 40 | lore | lore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 gathering | obj |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 legends | cc |
| 42 | legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 lore | conj |
| 43 | for | for | ADP | _ | 47 Museum | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Museum | det |
| 45 | Victoria | Victoria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Museum | compound |
| 46 | Memorial | Memorial | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Museum | compound |
| 47 | Museum | Museum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 gathering | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 wrote | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | Neil C. Mr. | date of 30 August | from Bear island and Lake | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from island=Material | |||
| 2 | meet in a quote | past | Bear Island | Speck Mr. | I nsubj | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speck=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | gather in a quote | past · progressive | Indian lore and legends | for the Victoria Memorial Museum; who nsubj | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lore=Theme for museum=Beneficiary |
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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