Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 2, sentence 157
He saw something above him making a terrible noise and took such a fright that he fell over the edge of the rock.
Who acts: Wiske · What happens: see, make, take, fall · To what, where: something, terrible noise, fright, edge
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 (Wiske), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 saw | obj |
| 4 | above | above | ADP | _ | 6 making | mark |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 making | nsubj |
| 6 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 saw | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 noise | det |
| 8 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 noise | amod |
| 9 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 making | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 took | cc |
| 11 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | conj |
| 12 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 fright | det:predet |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fright | det |
| 14 | fright | fright | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 took | obj |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 fell | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 fell | nsubj |
| 17 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 took | advcl |
| 18 | over | over | ADP | _ | 20 edge | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 edge | det |
| 20 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 fell | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 rock | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 rock | det |
| 23 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 edge | nmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Wiske | something | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | make | gerund | Wiske | a terrible noise | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Product | ||||
| 3 | take | past | Wiske not said here | such fright | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fright=Theme | ||||
| 4 | fall | past | Wiske | the edge of the rock | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over edge=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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