Ojibwa myths and tales, Rama Witches. (no. 1.), sentence 10
She then asked him for one dog, but still he said “No.” She then took a paddle and shoved the canoe off shore saying to the man, “I shove off with one of your children.”
Who acts: witch, Atherley, shore · What happens: ask, say, take, shove off · To what, where: Atherley, No., paddle, canoe, man · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Rama Witches. (no. 1.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (witch, Atherley, shore), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 asked | advmod |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asked | iobj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 dog | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 dog | nummod |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 said | cc |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 said | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 said | nsubj |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 asked | parataxis |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 No. | punct |
| 14 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 12 said | obj |
| 15 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 No. | punct |
| 16 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 took | nsubj |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 took | advmod |
| 18 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 said | ccomp |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 paddle | det |
| 20 | paddle | paddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 took | obj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 shoved | cc |
| 22 | shoved | shove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 took | conj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 canoe | det |
| 24 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 shoved | obj |
| 25 | off | off | ADP | _ | 22 shoved | compound:prt |
| 26 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 shoved | obj |
| 27 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 shore | acl |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 man | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 man | det |
| 30 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 saying | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 shove | punct |
| 32 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 shove | punct |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 shove | nsubj |
| 34 | shove | shove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 saying | ccomp |
| 35 | off | off | ADP | _ | 34 shove | compound:prt |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 one | case |
| 37 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 34 shove | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 children | case |
| 39 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 children | nmod:poss |
| 40 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 one | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| 42 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | witch | Atherley | then | for one dog | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Atherley | No. | still | tree rules | |||
| 3 | take | past | witch | a paddle | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paddle=Theme | |||
| 4 | shove off | past | witch not said here | the canoe | shore obj | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent canoe=Destination shore=Theme | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | shore not said here | the man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | shove off in a quote | present | shore | with one of your children | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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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