Ojibwa myths and tales, Rama Witches. (no. 1.), sentence 6
One day she wanted to go to near where Atherley now is, and compelled two young men to go with her in the canoe, for she had the power to compel young men to go with her, generally the best of them.
Who acts: witch, power · What happens: want, go, be, compel, have · To what, where: two young men, canoe, power, young men
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, power), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 go | obl |
| 8 | near | near | ADP | _ | 9 where | case |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 go | obl |
| 10 | Atherley | Atherley | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 is | nsubj |
| 11 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 is | advmod |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 where | cop |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 compelled | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 compelled | cc |
| 15 | compelled | compel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wanted | conj |
| 16 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 men | nummod |
| 17 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 men | amod |
| 18 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 compelled | obj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 go | mark |
| 20 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 compelled | advcl |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 her | case |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 go | obl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 canoe | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 canoe | det |
| 25 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 go | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 had | punct |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 had | case |
| 28 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 had | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 compelled | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 power | det |
| 31 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 had | obj |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 compel | mark |
| 33 | compel | compel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 had | xcomp |
| 34 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 men | amod |
| 35 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 compel | obj |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 go | mark |
| 37 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 compel | conj |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 her | case |
| 39 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 go | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 best | punct |
| 41 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 43 best | advmod |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 best | det |
| 43 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 37 go | parataxis |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 them | case |
| 45 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 best | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | witch | day | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | witch not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | present | where property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | compel | past | witch not said here | two young men | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | ||||
| 5 | go | to-infinitive | witch not said here | the canoe | with witch | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary | |||
| 6 | have | past | witch | the power | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | compel | to-infinitive | the power not said here | young men | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | ||||
| 8 | go | to-infinitive | the power not said here | with witch | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary |
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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