Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 1, sentence 32
The tracks back and forth can be seen plainly to-day imprinted in the stone of Calumet portage, which the Indians call Wiske·djak tracks.
Who acts: Indians · What happens: see, imprint, call · To what, where: tracks, day, stone, Calumet portage · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (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 | 2 tracks | det |
| 2 | tracks | track | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 tracks | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 forth | cc |
| 5 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 3 back | conj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 seen | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 seen | aux:pass |
| 8 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | plainly | plainly | ADV | _ | 12 day | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 day | case |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 to | punct |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seen | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | imprinted | imprint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 day | acl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 stone | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 stone | det |
| 16 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 imprinted | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 portage | case |
| 18 | Calumet | Calumet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 portage | compound |
| 19 | portage | portage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 stone | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 call | punct |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 call | obj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Indians | det |
| 23 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 24 call | nsubj |
| 24 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 portage | acl:relcl |
| 25 | Wiske | Wiske | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 call | xcomp |
| 26 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 28 tracks | punct |
| 27 | djak | djak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 tracks | compound |
| 28 | tracks | track | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 Wiske | conj |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 seen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | can · passive | the tracks | day | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | imprint | participle | day not said here | the stone of Calumet portage | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in stone=Destination | ||||
| 3 | call | present | the Indians | Calumet portage | Wiske and djak tracks xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient |
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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