Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., sentence 21
Other general qualities of the transformer attributed to him by the Indians were given by the informant and appear at the end of the cycle.
Who acts: Other general qualities, Indians · What happens: attribute, give, appear · To what, where: river, end
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 (Other general qualities, 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 | Other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 qualities | amod |
| 2 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 qualities | amod |
| 3 | qualities | quality | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 attributed | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 transformer | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 transformer | det |
| 6 | transformer | transformer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 qualities | nmod |
| 7 | attributed | attribute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 attributed | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 Indians | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Indians | det |
| 12 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 14 given | obl |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 given | aux:pass |
| 14 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 attributed | parataxis |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 informant | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 informant | det |
| 17 | informant | informant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 given | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 appear | cc |
| 19 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 given | conj |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 end | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 end | det |
| 22 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 appear | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 cycle | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 cycle | det |
| 25 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 end | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 attributed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | past | Other general qualities of the transformer | river | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give | past · passive | the Indians | by the informant | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | appear | present | the Indians not said here | at the end of the cycle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location |
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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