Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawks. (no. 4.), sentence 13
This old man, the Prophet, knew where the Mohawks went and he also knew that the wife was still alive, and that child was killed on the way to the Mohawks’ home, for he had that power.
Who acts: old man, Mohawks, use, wife · What happens: know, go, be, kill, have · To what, where: child, way, power · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ojibwa and Mohawks. (no. 4.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old man, Mohawks, use, wife), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Prophet | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Prophet | det |
| 6 | Prophet | Prophet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 man | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 man | punct |
| 8 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 went | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Mohawks | det |
| 11 | Mohawks | mohawk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 went | nsubj |
| 12 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 knew | ccomp |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 knew | cc |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 knew | nsubj |
| 15 | also | also | ADV | _ | 16 knew | advmod |
| 16 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 went | conj |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 alive | mark |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 wife | det |
| 19 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 alive | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 alive | cop |
| 21 | still | still | ADV | _ | 22 alive | advmod |
| 22 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 knew | ccomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 killed | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 killed | cc |
| 25 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 child | det |
| 26 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 killed | aux:pass |
| 28 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 knew | parataxis |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 way | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 way | det |
| 31 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 killed | obl |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 home | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Mohawks | det |
| 34 | Mohawks | mohawk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 home | nmod:poss |
| 35 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 34 Mohawks | case |
| 36 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 way | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 had | punct |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 had | case |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 had | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 killed | conj |
| 41 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 power | det |
| 42 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 had | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | this old man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | go | past | the Mohawks | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | know | past | use | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is | past | the wife | still | alive property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | kill | past · passive | that child | the way to the Mohawks's home | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 6 | have | past | use | that power | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=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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