Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 1, sentence 118
But the Muskrat swam farther and when he got far enough, he snapped the string with his tail, broke the bladder, and dove out of sight.
Who acts: Muskrat · What happens: swim, get, snap, break · To what, where: string, bladder
This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Muskrat), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 swam | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Muskrat | det |
| 3 | Muskrat | Muskrat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 swam | nsubj |
| 4 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | farther | far | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 swam | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 snapped | cc |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 got | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 snapped | advcl |
| 10 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 got | advmod |
| 11 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 10 far | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 snapped | nsubj |
| 14 | snapped | snap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 swam | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 string | det |
| 16 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 snapped | obj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 tail | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 tail | nmod:poss |
| 19 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 snapped | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 broke | punct |
| 21 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 swam | conj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 bladder | det |
| 23 | bladder | bladder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 broke | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 dove | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 dove | cc |
| 26 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swam | parataxis |
| 27 | out | out | ADP | _ | 29 sight | case |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 sight | case |
| 29 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 dove | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 swam | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | past | the Muskrat | dove out sight parataxis; far property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | past | Muskrat | far property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | snap | past | Muskrat | the string | with Muskrat's tail | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent string=Patient with tail=Instrument | |||
| 4 | break | past | the Muskrat not said here | the bladder | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bladder=Patient |
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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