Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa Myths and Tales., sentence 5
I have followed York’s phraseology in the stories as closely as possible, using his terms, such as “went to work,” etc., and not changing his meaning in any sense.
Who acts: stories, terms, York · What happens: follow, use, go, work, not change, term · To what, where: I, terms, meaning, sense
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 (stories, terms, 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 followed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 followed | aux |
| 3 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 phraseology | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 4 York | case |
| 6 | phraseology | phraseology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 followed | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 stories | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 stories | det |
| 9 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 followed | obl:agent |
| 10 | as | as | ADV | _ | 11 closely | advmod |
| 11 | closely | closely | ADV | _ | 3 followed | advmod |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 possible | mark |
| 13 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 closely | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 using | punct |
| 15 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 followed | advcl |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 terms | nmod:poss |
| 17 | terms | term | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 using | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 went | punct |
| 19 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 22 went | case |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | _ | 19 such | fixed |
| 21 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 went | punct |
| 22 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 terms | acl:relcl |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 work | mark |
| 24 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 went | xcomp |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 went | punct |
| 26 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 went | punct |
| 27 | etc. | etc. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 17 terms | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 changing | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 changing | cc |
| 30 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 changing | advmod |
| 31 | changing | change | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 followed | advcl |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 meaning | nmod:poss |
| 33 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 changing | obj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 sense | case |
| 35 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 36 sense | det |
| 36 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 changing | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 followed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | present · perfect · passive | the stories | I | York's phraseology obj; closely property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme phraseology=Attribute | |||
| 2 | use | gerund | the stories not said here | York's terms and etc. | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Patient | ||||
| 3 | go in a quote | past | York's terms and etc. not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | work in a quote | to-infinitive | York's terms and etc. not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | not change | gerund | the stories not said here | York's meaning | any sense | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | |||
| 6 | term | York | nom term «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | mean | York | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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