Ojibwa myths and tales, Little Lynx Story., sentence 4

This big Black Bear used to go on the deer runways and catch a deer and eat him up, and the Lynx used to watch the Black Bear climb up in a tree and jump on the deer as they passed along the runways, which they had in the winter months, and which was an easy thing for a big black bear to do.

Who acts: This, Lynx, big Black Bear, runways · What happens: bear, use, go, catch, eat up, watch · To what, where: big Black Bear, deer runways, deer, Bear, Black Bear, tree

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 (This, Lynx, big Black Bear, runways), 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	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 Bear	nsubj
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Bear	amod
3	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Bear	amod
4	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 climb	nsubj
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 Bear	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	xcomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 runways	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 runways	det
10	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 runways	compound
11	runways	runway	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 go	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 catch	cc
13	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 go	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 deer	det
15	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 catch	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 eat	cc
17	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 go	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 eat	obj
19	up	up	ADP	_	17 eat	compound:prt
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 used	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 used	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Lynx	det
23	Lynx	Lynx	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 used	nsubj
24	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Bear	acl:relcl
25	to	to	PART	_	26 watch	mark
26	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 used	xcomp
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Bear	det
28	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 Bear	amod
29	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 watch	obj
30	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
31	up	up	ADP	_	30 climb	compound:prt
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 tree	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 tree	det
34	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 climb	obl
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 jump	cc
36	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 climb	conj
37	on	on	ADP	_	39 deer	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 deer	det
39	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 jump	obl
40	as	as	SCONJ	_	42 passed	mark
41	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 passed	nsubj
42	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 jump	advcl
43	along	along	ADP	_	45 runways	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 runways	det
45	runways	runway	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 passed	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 had	punct
47	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 had	obj
48	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 had	nsubj
49	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 runways	acl:relcl
50	in	in	ADP	_	53 months	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 months	det
52	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 months	compound
53	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 had	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 thing	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 thing	cc
56	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	60 thing	nsubj
57	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 thing	cop
58	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	60 thing	det
59	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 thing	amod
60	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 climb	parataxis
61	for	for	ADP	_	65 bear	case
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 bear	det
63	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 bear	amod
64	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 bear	amod
65	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 thing	nmod
66	to	to	PART	_	67 do	mark
67	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	65 bear	acl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	30 climb	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear		This					tree rules
2	use	participle		big Black Bear not said here				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	go	to-infinitive			the deer runways			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on runway=Location
4	catch	present		a deer				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme
5	eat up	infinitive		Bear				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
6	use	past	the Lynx	big Black Bear not said here				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent bear=Theme clause=Eventuality
7	watch	to-infinitive	the Lynx not said here	the Black Bear				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme
8	climb up	present	big Black Bear		a tree			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Trajectory
9	jump	infinitive	big Black Bear not said here		the deer			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on deer=Trajectory
10	pass	past	runways = runway		the runways			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme along runway=Location
11	have	past	runways = runway	the runways		month		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient
12	is a	past		a easy thing			for a big black bear; which nsubj	tree rules
13	do	to-infinitive						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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🌲 Ojibwa myths and tales, Little Lynx Story., sentence 4

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Ojibwa myths and tales, Little Lynx Story., sentence 4