Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Phonetic Key., sentence 101
The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a line running from the leader to a pin stuck in the bait.
Who acts: line · What happens: tie, keep, run, stick · To what, where: bait, hook, leader, pin
This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Phonetic Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (line), 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 bait | det |
| 2 | bait | bait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tied | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tied | aux:pass |
| 4 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 hook | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hook | det |
| 7 | hook | hook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tied | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 kept | punct |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 kept | obj |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 12 kept | advmod |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 kept | aux:pass |
| 12 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 hook | acl:relcl |
| 13 | horizontal | horizontal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kept | xcomp |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 line | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 line | det |
| 16 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kept | obl |
| 17 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 line | acl |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 leader | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 leader | det |
| 20 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 running | obl |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 pin | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 pin | det |
| 23 | pin | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 running | obl |
| 24 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 pin | acl |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 bait | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 bait | det |
| 27 | bait | bait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 stuck | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 tied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | past · passive | the bait | to the hook | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to hook=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | keep | past · passive | a line | the hook | horizontal xcomp; late property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | |||
| 3 | run | gerund | a line not said here | the leader | to a pin | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to pin=Destination | |||
| 4 | stick | participle | a pin not said here | the bait | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in bait=Destination |
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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