Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa Myths and Tales., sentence 19
And his use of the words “great big” means a giant such as “a great big man,” a giant.
Who acts: use, York · What happens: mean, use · To what, where: words
This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ojibwa Myths and Tales.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (use, York), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 means | cc |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 use | nmod:poss |
| 3 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 means | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 words | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 words | det |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | nmod |
| 7 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 big | punct |
| 8 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 big | amod |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 words | amod |
| 10 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 big | punct |
| 11 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 man | det |
| 13 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 man | amod |
| 14 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 20 man | case |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 such | fixed |
| 16 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 man | punct |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 man | det |
| 18 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 man | amod |
| 19 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 man | amod |
| 20 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 means | ccomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 man | punct |
| 22 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 man | punct |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 giant | det |
| 24 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 means | parataxis |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 means | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | York's use of the words | a giant great big man ccomp | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | use | York | the words | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent of=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: «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Project Gutenberg book 76755 (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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