Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Phonetic Key., sentence 108

[47] They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast him, saving all the bones from the dogs in order to throw them into the lake, as they thought that there would be just as many beavers there again in the autumn as the number of bones thrown in.

Who acts: fish · What happens: use, suspend, swing, roast, save, throw · To what, where: 47, beaver, bones, order, fish, lake · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (fish), 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	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 47	punct
2	47	47	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 used	obl
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 47	punct
4	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 used	nsubj
5	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 suspend	mark
7	suspend	suspend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beaver	det
9	beaver	beaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suspend	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 string	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 string	det
12	swinging	swing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 string	amod
13	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suspend	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 roast	cc
15	roast	roast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 suspend	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 roast	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 saving	punct
18	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 roast	advcl
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 bones	det:predet
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 bones	det
21	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 saving	obj
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 dogs	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 dogs	det
24	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 bones	nmod
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 order	case
26	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 saving	obl
27	to	to	PART	_	28 throw	mark
28	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 saving	advcl
29	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 throw	obj
30	into	into	ADP	_	32 lake	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 lake	det
32	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 throw	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 thought	punct
34	as	as	SCONJ	_	36 thought	mark
35	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 thought	nsubj
36	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 used	conj
37	that	that	SCONJ	_	40 be	mark
38	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	40 be	expl
39	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 be	aux
40	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	44 beavers	cop
41	just	just	ADV	_	44 beavers	advmod
42	as	as	ADV	_	43 many	advmod
43	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 beavers	amod
44	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 thought	ccomp
45	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	44 beavers	advmod
46	again	again	ADV	_	36 thought	advmod
47	in	in	ADP	_	49 autumn	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 autumn	det
49	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 thought	obl
50	as	as	ADP	_	52 number	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 number	det
52	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 autumn	nmod
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 bones	case
54	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 number	nmod
55	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 bones	acl
56	in	in	ADV	_	55 thrown	advmod
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	fish	47				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	suspend	to-infinitive	fish not said here	the beaver			by a swinging string	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beaver=Theme by string=Destination
3	swing	gerund						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	roast	infinitive	fish not said here	beaver				vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient
5	save	gerund	fish not said here	all bones	order		from the dogs	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bone=Theme from dog=Source
6	throw	to-infinitive	fish not said here	fish			into the lake result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into lake=Result
7	think speech: other	past	fish			again; autumn		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	is a	infinitive		many beavers	there			tree rules
9	throw	participle		bones not said here				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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, Phonetic Key., sentence 108