Ojibwa myths and tales, Little Lynx Story., sentence 10
The Deer ran very fast and as he ran under the tree there happened to be a knot on the under side of the tree where the Deer went, so the Lynx got his back skinned from his head to his tail.
Who acts: Deer, Lynx, back · What happens: run, happen, be, go, get, skin · To what, where: tree, knot, side, head
This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Little Lynx Story.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Deer, Lynx, back), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Deer | det |
| 2 | Deer | Deer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 fast | advmod |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 ran | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 happened | cc |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 ran | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ran | nsubj |
| 9 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 happened | advcl |
| 10 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 tree | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tree | det |
| 12 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ran | obl |
| 13 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 ran | advmod |
| 14 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | conj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 knot | mark |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 knot | cop |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 knot | det |
| 18 | knot | knot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 happened | obl |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 side | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 side | det |
| 21 | under | under | ADP | _ | 22 side | case |
| 22 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 knot | nmod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 tree | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 tree | det |
| 25 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 side | nmod |
| 26 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 29 went | advmod |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Deer | det |
| 28 | Deer | Deer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 went | nsubj |
| 29 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 tree | acl:relcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 got | punct |
| 31 | so | so | ADV | _ | 34 got | advmod |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Lynx | det |
| 33 | Lynx | Lynx | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 got | nsubj |
| 34 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ran | conj |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 back | nmod:poss |
| 36 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 skinned | nsubj |
| 37 | skinned | skin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 got | ccomp |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 head | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 head | nmod:poss |
| 40 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 skinned | obl |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 tail | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 tail | nmod:poss |
| 43 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 skinned | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the Deer | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run | past | deer | the tree; there | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | happen | past | the Deer not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | is a | to-infinitive | a knot | the side of the tree | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go | past | the Deer | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | get | past | the Lynx | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | skin | past | deer's back | deer's head | to deer's tail | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
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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