Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 2, sentence 23
When he got them warmed up to the dance, they all got mixed up and soon Wiske·djak said, “Now, you must all close your eyes and not open them until I give the word.”
Who acts: lot, Wiske, you · What happens: get, warm up, mix up, say, close, not open · To what, where: Ducks, eyes, word · 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 (lot, Wiske, you), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 got | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 warmed | advcl |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | warmed | warm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 warmed | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 dance | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dance | det |
| 9 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 warmed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mixed | punct |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 mixed | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 mixed | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 mixed | aux:pass |
| 14 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 warmed | conj |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 mixed | compound:prt |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 said | cc |
| 17 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 21 said | advmod |
| 18 | Wiske | Wiske | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 said | nsubj |
| 19 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 20 djak | punct |
| 20 | djak | djak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Wiske | appos |
| 21 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 warmed | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 close | punct |
| 23 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 close | punct |
| 24 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 close | advmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Now | punct |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 close | nsubj |
| 27 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 close | aux |
| 28 | all | all | ADV | _ | 29 close | advmod |
| 29 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 said | ccomp |
| 30 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 31 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 close | obj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 open | cc |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 open | advmod |
| 34 | open | open | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 close | conj |
| 35 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 open | obj |
| 36 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 38 give | mark |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 give | nsubj |
| 38 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 open | advcl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 word | det |
| 40 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 give | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 close | punct |
| 42 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 close | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | lot | Ducks = duck | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | warm up | past | to the dance result | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to dance=Result | |||||
| 3 | mix up | past · passive | Ducks = duck | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Wiske | soon property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | close in a quote | must | you | your eyes | now | all property | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ||
| 6 | not open in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | Ducks = duck | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | ||||
| 7 | give in a quote | present | Wiske | the word | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
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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