Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Phonetic Key., sentence 93
[40] The constellation Ursa Major is called wətci·′gan·αŋg “Fishing Star.”
What happens: call · To what, where: constellation · 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: 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 40 | punct |
| 2 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 called | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 40 | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 constellation | det |
| 5 | constellation | constellation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 called | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | Ursa | Ursa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Major | compound |
| 7 | Major | Major | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 constellation | appos |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 called | aux:pass |
| 9 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | wətci | wətci | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 called | xcomp |
| 11 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 13 gan | punct |
| 12 | ′ | ′ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gan | compound |
| 13 | gan | gan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 called | obl |
| 14 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 15 αŋg | punct |
| 15 | αŋg | αŋg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 called | xcomp |
| 16 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 Star | punct |
| 17 | Fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Star | compound |
| 18 | Star | Star | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 αŋg | appos |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 Star | punct |
| 20 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 Star | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present · passive | the constellation | 40 obl; ′ gan obl; wətci xcomp; αŋg xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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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