Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Appendix: Notes on Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 53

Revenge took hold of all the people and they at once gave chase, but were unable to catch the murderer, and, as darkness was upon them, they said, “We will build a dam and in the morning, when the lake is dry, we will catch him.”

Who acts: Revenge, people, We, lake · What happens: take, give, be, catch, say, build · To what, where: hold, chase, murderer, dam, Lake, people · 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: who acts (Revenge, people, We, lake), 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	Revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 people	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 people	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 people	det
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hold	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gave	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gave	nsubj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 gave	obl
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
13	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 unable	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 unable	cc
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 unable	cop
17	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gave	advcl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 catch	mark
19	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 unable	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 murderer	det
21	murderer	murderer	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 catch	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 said	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 said	cc
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 and	punct
25	as	as	ADP	_	26 darkness	case
26	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 said	obl
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 them	cop
28	upon	upon	ADP	_	29 them	case
29	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 darkness	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 them	punct
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 said	nsubj
32	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 build	punct
34	“	"	PUNCT	_	37 build	punct
35	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 build	nsubj
36	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 build	aux
37	build	build	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 said	ccomp
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 dam	det
39	dam	dam	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 build	obj
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 morning	cc
41	in	in	ADP	_	43 morning	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 morning	det
43	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 dam	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 dry	punct
45	when	when	SCONJ	_	49 dry	mark
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 lake	det
47	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 dry	nsubj
48	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 dry	cop
49	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 build	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 catch	punct
51	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	53 catch	nsubj
52	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 catch	aux
53	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 took	parataxis
54	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 catch	obj
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	53 catch	punct
56	”	"	PUNCT	_	53 catch	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	past	Revenge	hold of all people		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent hold=Theme clause=Attribute
2	give	past	people	chase		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent chase=Theme at once=Asset
3	is	past	people not said here		unable property	tree rules
4	catch	to-infinitive	people not said here	the murderer		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murderer=Theme
5	is	past			upon people	tree rules
6	say speech: assert	past	people		as darkness	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	build in a quote	future	We	a dam and the morning		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dam=Product
8	is in a quote	present	the lake		dry property	tree rules
9	catch in a quote	future	we	Lake		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
10	hold			all people		nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

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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Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Appendix: Notes on Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 53