Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 2, sentence 70
Now this time there were some Indians coming around the point in a canoe and they saw the smoke from Wiske·djak’s fire on the shore of the lake.
Who acts: time, Indians, djak · What happens: come, see, fire · To what, where: point, smoke, Wiske, shore
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 (time, Indians, 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 coming | advmod |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 were | expl |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 time | acl:relcl |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 Indians | det |
| 7 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 coming | nsubj |
| 8 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | around | around | ADP | _ | 11 point | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 point | det |
| 11 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 coming | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 canoe | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 canoe | det |
| 14 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 coming | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 saw | cc |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 saw | nsubj |
| 17 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 coming | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 smoke | det |
| 19 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 saw | obj |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 Wiske | case |
| 21 | Wiske | Wiske | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 smoke | nmod |
| 22 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 25 fire | punct |
| 23 | djak | djak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 fire | nmod:poss |
| 24 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 23 djak | case |
| 25 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 saw | obl |
| 26 | on | on | ADP | _ | 28 shore | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 shore | det |
| 28 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 fire | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 lake | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 lake | det |
| 31 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 shore | nmod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 coming | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | gerund | this time | the point | now | in a canoe; some Indians nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme around point=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | see | past | Indians = indian | the smoke | Wiske | djak's fire on the shore of the lake obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smoke=Stimulus | ||
| 3 | fire | djak | the shore of the lake | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent on=place |
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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