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Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 2, sentence 130

“Now,” thought he to himself, “if I can find a nice place on the highest of these rocks I can rest myself and let the cool breeze cool my burns.”

Who acts: I, my · What happens: think, find, rest, let, burn · To what, where: Wiske, nice place, myself, cool breeze · 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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, my), 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

punctadvmodpunctpunctobjcaseoblpunctpunctmarknsubjauxccompdetamodobjcasedetamodcasedetoblnsubjauxacl:relclobjccconjdetamodobjamodnmod:possobjpunctpunctroot“PUNCTNowADV,PUNCT”PUNCTthoughtVERBhePRONtoADPhimselfPRON,PUNCT“PUNCTifSCONJIPRONcanAUXfindVERBaDETniceADJplaceNOUNonADPtheDEThighestADJofADPtheseDETrocksNOUNIPRONcanAUXrestVERBmyselfPRONandCCONJletVERBtheDETcoolADJbreezeNOUNcoolADJmyPRONburnsNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_5 thoughtpunct
2NownowADVPronType=Dem5 thoughtadvmod
3,,PUNCT_2 Nowpunct
4”"PUNCT_2 Nowpunct
5thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 thoughtobj
7totoADP_8 himselfcase
8himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes5 thoughtobl
9,,PUNCT_14 findpunct
10“"PUNCT_14 findpunct
11ififSCONJ_14 findmark
12IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs14 findnsubj
13cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin14 findaux
14findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf5 thoughtccomp
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 placedet
16niceniceADJDegree=Pos17 placeamod
17placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing14 findobj
18ononADP_20 highestcase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 highestdet
20highesthighADJDegree=Sup17 placeamod
21ofofADP_23 rockscase
22thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem23 rocksdet
23rocksrockNOUNNumber=Plur20 highestobl
24IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs26 restnsubj
25cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin26 restaux
26restrestVERBVerbForm=Inf23 rocksacl:relcl
27myselfmyselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes26 restobj
28andandCCONJ_29 letcc
29letletVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin26 restconj
30thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 breezedet
31coolcoolADJDegree=Pos32 breezeamod
32breezebreezeNOUNNumber=Sing29 letobj
33coolcoolADJDegree=Pos35 burnsamod
34mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 burnsnmod:poss
35burnsburnNOUNNumber=Plur29 letobj
36..PUNCT_14 findpunct
37”"PUNCT_5 thoughtpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastWiskeWiskenowvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme
2find a condition, not said to happen, in a quotecanIa nice placevn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic
3rest in a quotecanImyselfvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location myself=Theme
4let in a quoteinfinitiveI not said herethe cool breezemy cool burns objvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent breeze=Recipient burn=Theme
5burn in a quotemynom burn «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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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