Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 3, sentence 111
At last the old mother-in-law said she had a plan, and told everyone in the family to help her get up a big dance and invite all the people to come.
Who acts: old mother, mother, people · What happens: say, have, tell, help, get up, invite · To what, where: last, plan, everyone, family, mother, big dance · 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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old mother, mother, people), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 said | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mother | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mother | amod |
| 5 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 law | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 law | case |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 in | punct |
| 9 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mother | nmod |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 had | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | ccomp |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 plan | det |
| 14 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 had | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 told | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 told | cc |
| 17 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | conj |
| 18 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 17 told | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 family | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 family | det |
| 21 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 told | obl |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 help | mark |
| 23 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 told | advcl |
| 24 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 help | obj |
| 25 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 help | xcomp |
| 26 | up | up | ADP | _ | 25 get | compound:prt |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 dance | det |
| 28 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 dance | amod |
| 29 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 get | obj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 invite | cc |
| 31 | invite | invite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 get | conj |
| 32 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 people | det:predet |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 people | det |
| 34 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 invite | obj |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 come | mark |
| 36 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 invite | xcomp |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the old mother in law | last | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | have | past | mother | a plan | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past | the old mother in law not said here | everyone | the family | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | |||
| 4 | help | to-infinitive | the old mother in law not said here | mother | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 5 | get up | infinitive | mother not said here | a big dance | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dance=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | invite | infinitive | mother not said here | all people | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | come not said to happen | to-infinitive | all people not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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