Ojibwa myths and tales, Rama Witches. (no. 2.), sentence 8
So the boy flew over to the hoeing bee, and all the people began to say: “Look at the witch, look at the witch,” and the witch herself began to get very mad (angry) and act crazy when she saw the boy in her turkey skin.
Who acts: boy, people, witch · What happens: fly over, hoe, begin, say, look, get · To what, where: boy, turkey skin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Rama Witches. (no. 2.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, people, witch), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 flew | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flew | nsubj |
| 4 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 4 flew | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 bee | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bee | det |
| 8 | hoeing | hoe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 bee | amod |
| 9 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flew | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 began | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 began | cc |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 people | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 people | det |
| 14 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 began | nsubj |
| 15 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flew | conj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 say | mark |
| 17 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 began | xcomp |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 Look | punct |
| 19 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Look | punct |
| 20 | Look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 flew | conj |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 witch | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 witch | det |
| 23 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Look | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 look | punct |
| 25 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 Look | conj |
| 26 | at | at | ADP | _ | 28 witch | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 witch | det |
| 28 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 look | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 look | punct |
| 30 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Look | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 began | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 witch | det |
| 33 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 began | nsubj |
| 34 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 35 began | nsubj |
| 35 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flew | conj |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 get | mark |
| 37 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 began | xcomp |
| 38 | very | very | ADV | _ | 39 mad | advmod |
| 39 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 get | xcomp |
| 40 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 41 angry | punct |
| 41 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 mad | conj |
| 42 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 41 angry | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 act | cc |
| 44 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 get | conj |
| 45 | crazy | crazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 act | xcomp |
| 46 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 48 saw | advmod |
| 47 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 saw | nsubj |
| 48 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 act | advcl |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 boy | det |
| 50 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 saw | obj |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 skin | case |
| 52 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 skin | nmod:poss |
| 53 | turkey | turkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 skin | compound |
| 54 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 saw | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 flew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly over | past | the boy | to the hoeing bee result; over property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to bee=Result | ||||
| 2 | hoe | gerund | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | begin | past | all people | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | all people not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | look in a quote | infinitive | the boy not said here | at the witch | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at witch=Theme | ||||
| 6 | look in a quote | infinitive | the boy not said here | at the witch | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at witch=Theme | ||||
| 7 | begin | past | the witch | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 8 | get | to-infinitive | the witch not said here | mad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | act | infinitive | the witch not said here | crazy property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | see | past | witch | the boy | witch's turkey skin | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus |
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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