Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 2, sentence 159
So poor Wiske·djak tumbled down the cliff, banging and sliding on his hind-quarters, and scraped all the scabs off his burns.
Who acts: poor Wiske, cliff, Wiske · What happens: tumble down, bang, slide, scrape, burn · To what, where: cliff, hind quarters, scabs, burns
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 (poor Wiske, cliff, 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 tumbled | advmod |
| 2 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Wiske | amod |
| 3 | Wiske | Wiske | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 tumbled | nsubj |
| 4 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 5 djak | punct |
| 5 | djak | djak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Wiske | conj |
| 6 | tumbled | tumble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 6 tumbled | compound:prt |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cliff | det |
| 9 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tumbled | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 banging | punct |
| 11 | banging | bang | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 cliff | acl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sliding | cc |
| 13 | sliding | slide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 banging | conj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 quarters | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 quarters | nmod:poss |
| 16 | hind | hind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 quarters | amod |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 hind | punct |
| 18 | quarters | quarter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 sliding | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 scraped | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 scraped | cc |
| 21 | scraped | scrape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 tumbled | parataxis |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 scabs | det:predet |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 scabs | det |
| 24 | scabs | scab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 scraped | obj |
| 25 | off | off | ADP | _ | 27 burns | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 burns | nmod:poss |
| 27 | burns | burn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 scraped | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 tumbled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tumble down | participle | poor Wiske and djak | the cliff | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cliff=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bang | gerund | the cliff not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | slide | gerund | the cliff not said here | Wiske's hind quarters | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on quarter=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | scrape | past | all scabs | Wiske's burns | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent scab=Theme off burn=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | burn | Wiske | nom 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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