Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., sentence 19
The Calumet chutes are below Allumette island in Ottawa river; they are called Apwa′ganiba‵utək “Pipe rapids,” because the stone at that place is suitable for making pipes and was there sought by the Indians for this purpose.
Who acts: Calumet chutes, stone, Indians · What happens: be, call, make, seek · To what, where: Allumette island, chutes, pipes · 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 (Calumet chutes, stone, Indians), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 chutes | det |
| 2 | Calumet | calumet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chutes | compound |
| 3 | chutes | chute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 island | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 island | cop |
| 5 | below | below | ADP | _ | 7 island | case |
| 6 | Allumette | Allumette | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 island | compound |
| 7 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 river | case |
| 9 | Ottawa | Ottawa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 river | compound |
| 10 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 island | nmod |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 called | punct |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 called | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 called | aux:pass |
| 14 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 island | conj |
| 15 | Apwa | Apwa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 ganiba | compound |
| 16 | ′ | ′ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Apwa | flat |
| 17 | ganiba | ganiba | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 called | xcomp |
| 18 | ‵ | ‵ | PUNCT | _ | 19 utək | punct |
| 19 | utək | utək | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 ganiba | conj |
| 20 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 rapids | punct |
| 21 | Pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 rapids | compound |
| 22 | rapids | rapid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 called | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 rapids | punct |
| 24 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 rapids | punct |
| 25 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 32 suitable | mark |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 stone | det |
| 27 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 suitable | nsubj |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 30 place | case |
| 29 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 30 place | det |
| 30 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 stone | nmod |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 suitable | cop |
| 32 | suitable | suitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 called | xcomp |
| 33 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 34 making | mark |
| 34 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 suitable | advcl |
| 35 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 making | obj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 sought | cc |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 sought | aux:pass |
| 38 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 39 sought | advmod |
| 39 | sought | seek | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 making | conj |
| 40 | by | by | ADP | _ | 42 Indians | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Indians | det |
| 42 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 39 sought | obl |
| 43 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 purpose | case |
| 44 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 purpose | det |
| 45 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 sought | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 island | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Calumet chutes | Allumette island | in Ottawa river | tree rules | |||
| 2 | call | present · passive | chutes = chute | Apwa ganiba and utək xcomp; Pipe rapids xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | the stone at that place | suitable property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | make | gerund | the stone at that place not said here | pipes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pipe=Product | ||||
| 5 | seek | past · passive | the Indians | there | for this purpose | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for purpose=Theme |
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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