Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Phonetic Key., sentence 44
The yellow spots seen on the red of the bark are where Wiske·djak, in walking over them, got them between his legs and left yellow matter in the blood from the scabs.
Who acts: yellow spots, Wiske djak · What happens: see, be, walk, get · To what, where: yellow spots, red, Wiske djak, spots
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 (yellow spots, Wiske djak), 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 | 3 spots | det |
| 2 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 spots | amod |
| 3 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 djak | nsubj |
| 4 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 spots | acl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 red | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 red | det |
| 7 | red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 seen | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 bark | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bark | det |
| 10 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 seen | obl |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 djak | cop |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 djak | advmod |
| 13 | Wiske | Wiske | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 djak | compound |
| 14 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 15 djak | punct |
| 15 | djak | djak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 walking | punct |
| 17 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 18 walking | mark |
| 18 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 djak | acl |
| 19 | over | over | ADP | _ | 20 them | case |
| 20 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 walking | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 got | punct |
| 22 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 djak | conj |
| 23 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 got | obj |
| 24 | between | between | ADP | _ | 26 legs | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 legs | nmod:poss |
| 26 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 got | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 matter | cc |
| 28 | left | left | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 matter | amod |
| 29 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 matter | amod |
| 30 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 legs | conj |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 blood | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 blood | det |
| 33 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 matter | nmod |
| 34 | from | from | ADP | _ | 36 scabs | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 scabs | det |
| 36 | scabs | scab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 blood | nmod |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 djak | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | participle | the yellow spots not said here | the red | of the bark | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | is a | present | the yellow spots | Wiske djak | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | walk | gerund | Wiske djak not said here | over spots = spot | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over they=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | get | past | the yellow spots not said here | spots = spot | between ′'s legs and left yellow matter in the blood from the scabs | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
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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