Wigwam stories told by North American Indians, III. Menabozho Caught, sentence 35
He could not get out, and there he was caught again in a trap, and this time he could not see, but he could use his arms and feet.
Who acts: head · What happens: not get out, catch, not see, use · To what, where: head, trap, arms
This is a sentence of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, III. Menabozho Caught. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (head), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 caught | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 caught | cc |
| 8 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 11 caught | expl |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 caught | aux:pass |
| 11 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 get | conj |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 11 caught | advmod |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 trap | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 trap | det |
| 15 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 caught | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 see | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 see | cc |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 time | det |
| 19 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 see | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 see | nsubj |
| 21 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 see | aux |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 see | advmod |
| 23 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 use | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 use | cc |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 use | nsubj |
| 27 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 use | aux |
| 28 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | conj |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 arms | nmod:poss |
| 30 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 use | obj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 feet | cc |
| 32 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 arms | conj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get out | could | head | out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | catch | past · passive | head | a trap; there | again | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | not see | could | head | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | use | could | head | head's arms and feet | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
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: «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd, Project Gutenberg book 73136 (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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