Ojibwa myths and tales, Wintigoes (giants)., sentence 2
In olden times people used to believe that if a person fasted for a period of about ten or twelve days he would learn something about bears or lions, or something very strong, and if he dreamed of any of these animals he would be just as strong.
Who acts: people, person · What happens: use, believe, fast, learn, dream, be · To what, where: person, something, animals · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Wintigoes (giants).. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, person), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 times | case |
| 2 | olden | olden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 times | amod |
| 3 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 used | obl |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 used | nsubj |
| 5 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 believe | mark |
| 7 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 used | xcomp |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 learn | mark |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 person | mark |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 person | det |
| 11 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 learn | nsubj |
| 12 | fasted | fast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 person | acl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 period | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 period | det |
| 15 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fasted | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 days | case |
| 17 | about | about | ADV | _ | 18 ten | advmod |
| 18 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 days | nummod |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 twelve | cc |
| 20 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 ten | conj |
| 21 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 period | nmod |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 learn | nsubj |
| 23 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 learn | aux |
| 24 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 believe | ccomp |
| 25 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 24 learn | obj |
| 26 | about | about | ADP | _ | 27 bears | case |
| 27 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 something | nmod |
| 28 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 29 lions | cc |
| 29 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 bears | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 something | punct |
| 31 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 32 something | cc |
| 32 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 25 something | conj |
| 33 | very | very | ADV | _ | 34 strong | advmod |
| 34 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 something | amod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 dreamed | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 dreamed | cc |
| 37 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 39 dreamed | mark |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 dreamed | nsubj |
| 39 | dreamed | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 used | conj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 any | case |
| 41 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 39 dreamed | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 animals | case |
| 43 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 44 animals | det |
| 44 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 any | nmod |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 strong | nsubj |
| 46 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 strong | aux |
| 47 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 50 strong | cop |
| 48 | just | just | ADV | _ | 50 strong | advmod |
| 49 | as | as | ADV | _ | 50 strong | advmod |
| 50 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 animals | acl:relcl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 used | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | people | time | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | believe | to-infinitive | people not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | fast | participle | a person not said here | for a period of ten days | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | learn | would | a person | something something | about bears or lions | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | |||
| 5 | dream a condition, not said to happen | past | person | of any of this animals | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | is | would | person | this animals not said here | strong property | tree rules |
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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