Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., sentence 2
A few fairly typical Algonquin myths relating the exploits of Wiske·djak were taken down in the summer of 1913 from Benjamin Mackenzie of the Timiskaming band.
Who acts: few typical Algonquin myths, Benjamin · What happens: relate, take down · To what, where: exploits, few typical Algonquin myths
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 (few typical Algonquin myths, Benjamin), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 myths | det |
| 2 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 myths | amod |
| 3 | fairly | fairly | ADV | _ | 4 typical | advmod |
| 4 | typical | typical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 myths | amod |
| 5 | Algonquin | Algonquin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 myths | compound |
| 6 | myths | myth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | relating | relate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 myths | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 exploits | det |
| 9 | exploits | exploit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 relating | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Wiske | case |
| 11 | Wiske | Wiske | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 exploits | nmod |
| 12 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 13 djak | punct |
| 13 | djak | djak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 relating | obl |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 taken | aux:pass |
| 15 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | down | down | ADP | _ | 15 taken | compound:prt |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 summer | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 summer | det |
| 19 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 taken | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 1913 | case |
| 21 | 1913 | 1913 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 summer | nmod |
| 22 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 Benjamin | case |
| 23 | Benjamin | Benjamin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 taken | obl:agent |
| 24 | Mackenzie | Mackenzie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Benjamin | flat |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 band | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 band | det |
| 27 | Timiskaming | Timiskaming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 band | compound |
| 28 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Mackenzie | nmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 taken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relate | gerund | a few typical Algonquin myths not said here | the exploits of Wiske | djak obl | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exploit=Theme | |||
| 2 | take down | past · passive | Benjamin | a few typical Algonquin myths | summer | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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