Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Phonetic Key., sentence 8
ə, short obscure vowel of uncertain quality.
To what, where: ə
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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 | ə | ə | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 vowel | punct |
| 3 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 vowel | amod |
| 4 | obscure | obscure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 vowel | amod |
| 5 | vowel | vowel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ə | appos |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 quality | case |
| 7 | uncertain | uncertain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 quality | amod |
| 8 | quality | quality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 vowel | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 ə | punct |
Pragmatics
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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