Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 2, sentence 51
Then, where the holes were, he stuck the fowl head-first with their feathers all on just as he had killed them, leaving their feet sticking out above the ground.
Who acts: holes, djak · What happens: be, stick, kill, leave, stick out · To what, where: fowl head, djak, feet, 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 (holes, djak), 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 | 6 were | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 were | punct |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 were | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 holes | det |
| 5 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 were | nsubj |
| 6 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 stuck | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 were | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stuck | nsubj |
| 9 | stuck | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 head | det |
| 11 | fowl | fowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 head | compound |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stuck | obj |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 first | punct |
| 14 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 head | advmod |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 feathers | case |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 feathers | nmod:poss |
| 17 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 head | nmod |
| 18 | all | all | ADV | _ | 19 on | advmod |
| 19 | on | on | ADV | _ | 9 stuck | advmod |
| 20 | just | just | ADV | _ | 24 killed | advmod |
| 21 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 killed | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 killed | aux |
| 24 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 stuck | conj |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 killed | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 leaving | punct |
| 27 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 killed | advcl |
| 28 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 feet | nmod:poss |
| 29 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 leaving | obj |
| 30 | sticking | stick | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 leaving | conj |
| 31 | out | out | ADP | _ | 30 sticking | compound:prt |
| 32 | above | above | ADP | _ | 34 ground | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 ground | det |
| 34 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 sticking | obl |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 stuck | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | the holes | then | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stick | past | djak | the fowl head | with holes's feathers | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Destination with feather=Theme | |||
| 3 | kill | past · perfect · passive | djak | holes = hole obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer they=Result | ||||
| 4 | leave | gerund | holes's feet | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | |||||
| 5 | stick out | gerund | the ground | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme above ground=Destination |
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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