Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Phonetic Key., sentence 92
[39] It is the custom for a hunter returning to hand his game bag to his wife before he enters the wigwam, without speaking, so that she can see for herself whether he has had good luck or not.
Who acts: hole, hunter, ice, wife · What happens: be, return, hand, enter, speak, see · To what, where: custom, game bag, wife, wigwam, good luck, 39 · 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 (hole, hunter, ice, wife), 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 39 | punct |
| 2 | 39 | 39 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 39 | punct |
| 4 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 custom | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 custom | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 custom | det |
| 7 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 39 | acl:relcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 hunter | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hunter | det |
| 10 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 custom | nmod |
| 11 | returning | return | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 hunter | acl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 hand | mark |
| 13 | hand | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 returning | xcomp |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 bag | nmod:poss |
| 15 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bag | compound |
| 16 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hand | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 wife | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 wife | nmod:poss |
| 19 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hand | obl |
| 20 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 22 enters | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 enters | nsubj |
| 22 | enters | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 hand | advcl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 wigwam | det |
| 24 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 enters | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 speaking | punct |
| 26 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 27 speaking | mark |
| 27 | speaking | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 returning | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 see | punct |
| 29 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 33 see | mark |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 so | fixed |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 see | nsubj |
| 32 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 see | aux |
| 33 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 speaking | conj |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 herself | case |
| 35 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 33 see | obl |
| 36 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 39 had | mark |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 had | nsubj |
| 38 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 had | aux |
| 39 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 33 see | parataxis |
| 40 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 luck | amod |
| 41 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 had | obj |
| 42 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 43 not | cc |
| 43 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 had | conj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 39 | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | hole | the custom | for a hunter | tree rules | |||
| 2 | return | gerund | a hunter not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | hand | to-infinitive | a hunter not said here | ice's game bag | ice's wife | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme to wife=Destination | |||
| 4 | enter | present | ice | the wigwam | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wigwam=Destination | ||||
| 5 | speak speech: other | gerund | a hunter not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | see | can | wife | for wife | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | have | present · perfect | ice | good luck | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=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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