Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., sentence 9
It seems hardly worth while at the present time to comment in detail on the transformer concept here, as it is my intention to pursue investigations further in this general area, in which the transformer appears under various titles.
Who acts: It, concept, transformer · What happens: seem, comment, be, pursue, appear · To what, where: detail, investigations, general area, various titles
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 (It, concept, transformer), 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 | 2 seems | nsubj |
| 2 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | hardly | hardly | ADV | _ | 4 worth | advmod |
| 4 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 seems | xcomp |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 comment | mark |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 comment | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 comment | mark |
| 11 | comment | comment | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 seems | csubj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 detail | case |
| 13 | detail | detail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 comment | obl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 concept | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 concept | det |
| 16 | transformer | transformer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 concept | compound |
| 17 | concept | concept | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 comment | obl |
| 18 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 comment | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 intention | punct |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | _ | 24 intention | case |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 intention | nsubj |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 intention | cop |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 intention | nmod:poss |
| 24 | intention | intention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 comment | parataxis |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 pursue | mark |
| 26 | pursue | pursue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 intention | acl |
| 27 | investigations | investigation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 pursue | obj |
| 28 | further | further | ADV | _ | 26 pursue | advmod |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 area | case |
| 30 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 area | det |
| 31 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 area | amod |
| 32 | area | area | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 pursue | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 appears | punct |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 which | case |
| 35 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 appears | obl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 transformer | det |
| 37 | transformer | transformer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 appears | nsubj |
| 38 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 comment | conj |
| 39 | under | under | ADP | _ | 41 titles | case |
| 40 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 titles | amod |
| 41 | titles | title | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 appears | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 seems | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | It | worth property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | comment speech: other | to-infinitive | detail; here | time | on the transformer concept | vn lecture-37.11-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | is | present | concept | as my intention; my nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | pursue | to-infinitive | investigations | this general area | further property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent investigation=Theme in area=Trajectory | |||
| 5 | appear | present | the transformer | various titles | which obl | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=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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