Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 3, sentence 101
In that way I can get along under the ice all winter if I like.”
Who acts: I · What happens: get along, like · To what, where: way
This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 way | case |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 way | det |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obl |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 get | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | along | along | ADV | _ | 6 get | advmod |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 ice | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ice | det |
| 10 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obl |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 winter | det |
| 12 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 like | mark |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 like | nsubj |
| 15 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| 17 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get along | can | I | that way | winter | under the ice; along property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||
| 2 | like a condition, not said to happen | present | I | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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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