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Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawks. (no. 4.), sentence 14

So the Ojibwa war party started for the Mohawk country and while they were going the old man said, “She has made her escape and is coming back.”

Who acts: Ojibwa war party, Mohawks, old man, party · What happens: start, go, say, make, come back, escape · To what, where: escape · 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 (Ojibwa war party, Mohawks, old man, party), 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

advmoddetcompoundcompoundnsubjcasedetcompoundoblccmarknsubjauxconjdetamodnsubjparataxispunctpunctnsubjauxccompnmod:possobjccauxconjadvmodpunctpunctrootSoADVtheDETOjibwaPROPNwarNOUNpartyNOUNstartedVERBforADPtheDETMohawkPROPNcountryNOUNandCCONJwhileSCONJtheyPRONwereAUXgoingVERBtheDEToldADJmanNOUNsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTShePRONhasAUXmadeVERBherPRONescapeNOUNandCCONJisAUXcomingVERBbackADV.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_6 startedadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 partydet
3OjibwaOjibwaPROPNNumber=Sing5 partycompound
4warwarNOUNNumber=Sing5 partycompound
5partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing6 startednsubj
6startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7forforADP_10 countrycase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 countrydet
9MohawkMohawkPROPNNumber=Sing10 countrycompound
10countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing6 startedobl
11andandCCONJ_15 goingcc
12whilewhileSCONJ_15 goingmark
13theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs15 goingnsubj
14werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 goingaux
15goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 startedconj
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 mandet
17oldoldADJDegree=Pos18 manamod
18manmanNOUNNumber=Sing19 saidnsubj
19saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 goingparataxis
20,,PUNCT_24 madepunct
21“"PUNCT_24 madepunct
22SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 madensubj
23hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 madeaux
24mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part19 saidccomp
25herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 escapenmod:poss
26escapeescapeNOUNNumber=Sing24 madeobj
27andandCCONJ_29 comingcc
28isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 comingaux
29comingcomeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part24 madeconj
30backbackADV_29 comingadvmod
31..PUNCT_15 goingpunct
32”"PUNCT_15 goingpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1startpastthe Ojibwa war partyfor the Mohawk countryvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2gopast · progressiveMohawks = mohawkvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3say speech: assertpastthe old manvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4make in a quotepresent · perfectpartyparty's escapevn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Product
5come back in a quotepresent · progressiveparty not said herevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6escape in a quotepartynom escape «act intransitive»: 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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