Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 2, sentence 151
Then the old Partridge took the trail the little ones showed him and followed Wiske·djak across the swamps, over the mountains, and around the lakes.
Who acts: old Partridge, little ones · What happens: take, show, follow · To what, where: trail, lakes, djak, Wiske djak, swamps
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 (old Partridge, little ones), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 took | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Partridge | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Partridge | amod |
| 4 | Partridge | Partridge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 trail | det |
| 7 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ones | det |
| 9 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ones | amod |
| 10 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 showed | nsubj |
| 11 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 showed | iobj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 followed | cc |
| 14 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 showed | conj |
| 15 | Wiske | Wiske | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 djak | compound |
| 16 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 17 djak | punct |
| 17 | djak | djak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 followed | obj |
| 18 | across | across | ADP | _ | 20 swamps | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 swamps | det |
| 20 | swamps | swamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 followed | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 mountains | punct |
| 22 | over | over | ADP | _ | 24 mountains | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 mountains | det |
| 24 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 swamps | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 lakes | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 lakes | cc |
| 27 | around | around | ADP | _ | 29 lakes | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 lakes | det |
| 29 | lakes | lake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 took | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the old Partridge | the trail | the lakes | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme | ||
| 2 | show | past | the little ones | djak | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | follow | past | the little ones not said here | Wiske djak | the swamps and the mountains | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent djak=Theme across swamp=Trajectory |
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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