Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., sentence 13
It is important to note, in dealing with myths in this area, that the scenes of the trickster-transformer’s adventures always lay in well known localities within the territory of the band among which the story is told.
Who acts: adventures, scenes · What happens: be, note, deal, lie in, know, tell · To what, where: area, known localities, story · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (adventures, scenes), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 important | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 important | cop |
| 3 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 note | mark |
| 5 | note | note | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 important | csubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 dealing | punct |
| 7 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 8 dealing | mark |
| 8 | dealing | deal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 note | advcl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 myths | case |
| 10 | myths | myth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 dealing | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 area | case |
| 12 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 area | det |
| 13 | area | area | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dealing | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 lay | punct |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 lay | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 scenes | det |
| 17 | scenes | scene | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 adventures | nmod:poss |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 transformer | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 transformer | det |
| 20 | trickster | trickster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 transformer | compound |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 trickster | punct |
| 22 | transformer | transformer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 scenes | nmod |
| 23 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 17 scenes | case |
| 24 | adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 lay | nsubj |
| 25 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 26 lay | advmod |
| 26 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 important | parataxis |
| 27 | in | in | ADV | _ | 26 lay | advmod |
| 28 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 29 known | advmod |
| 29 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 localities | amod |
| 30 | localities | locality | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 lay | obj |
| 31 | within | within | ADP | _ | 33 territory | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 territory | det |
| 33 | territory | territory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 lay | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 band | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 band | det |
| 36 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 territory | nmod |
| 37 | among | among | ADP | _ | 38 which | case |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 told | obl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 story | det |
| 40 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 told | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 told | aux:pass |
| 42 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 band | acl:relcl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 important | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | important property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | note | to-infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | deal | gerund | this area | with myths | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with myth=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lie in | past | the scenes of the trickster transformer's adventures | known localities | within the territory of the band; always property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location locality=Theme | |||
| 5 | know | participle | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | the story | among the band | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 7 | adventure | the scenes of the trickster transformer | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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