Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., sentence 14
These vary considerably, so that the stories have to be gathered independently from each band before any thorough comparison can be attempted.
Who acts: These, stories · What happens: vary, have, gather, attempt · To what, where: band, thorough comparison
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 (These, stories), 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 | These | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 vary | nsubj |
| 2 | vary | vary | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | considerably | considerably | ADV | _ | 2 vary | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 have | punct |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 9 have | mark |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 so | fixed |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stories | det |
| 8 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 have | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 vary | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 gathered | mark |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 gathered | aux:pass |
| 12 | gathered | gather | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 have | xcomp |
| 13 | independently | independently | ADV | _ | 12 gathered | advmod |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 band | case |
| 15 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 band | det |
| 16 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gathered | obl |
| 17 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 23 attempted | mark |
| 18 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 20 comparison | det |
| 19 | thorough | thorough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 comparison | amod |
| 20 | comparison | comparison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 attempted | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 attempted | aux |
| 22 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 attempted | aux:pass |
| 23 | attempted | attempt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 gathered | advcl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 vary | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vary | present | These | considerably property | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | present | the stories | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | gather | to-infinitive · passive | the stories not said here | each band | independently property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: from band=Source | |||
| 4 | attempt | can · passive | any thorough comparison | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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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