Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 2, sentence 49
When he got the fire well started, he got a stick and sharpened its point; then with this he loosened up the ground all around and under the fire.
Who acts: djak, fire · What happens: get, start, sharpen, loosen up, point · To what, where: fire, stick, point, ground
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 (djak, fire), 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 | 10 got | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fire | det |
| 5 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 started | advmod |
| 7 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fire | acl:relcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 stick | det |
| 12 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 sharpened | cc |
| 14 | sharpened | sharpen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 got | conj |
| 15 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 point | nmod:poss |
| 16 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sharpened | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 loosened | punct |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 loosened | advmod |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 this | case |
| 20 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 loosened | obl |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 loosened | nsubj |
| 22 | loosened | loosen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 got | conj |
| 23 | up | up | ADP | _ | 22 loosened | compound:prt |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 ground | det |
| 25 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 loosened | obj |
| 26 | all | all | ADV | _ | 27 around | advmod |
| 27 | around | around | ADV | _ | 22 loosened | advmod |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 fire | cc |
| 29 | under | under | ADP | _ | 31 fire | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 fire | det |
| 31 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 around | conj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | djak | the fire | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fire=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | start | past | the fire not said here | well property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | get | past | djak | a stick | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stick=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | sharpen | past | djak not said here | fire's point | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent point=Patient | ||||
| 5 | loosen up | past | djak | the ground | then | with this; around property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ground=Patient with this=Instrument | ||
| 6 | point | fire | nom point «cognition transitive»: 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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