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Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Four Men. (no. 4.), sentence 30

On the last day before reaching home the man who had Nanabush’s daughter wanted to talk to her, so he spoke to her, but before he had finished his words the girl was missing and could not be found, so he got home without a wife.

Who acts: man, Nanabush, words · What happens: reach, have, want, talk, speak, finish · To what, where: daughter, wife · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nanabush and the Four Men. (no. 4.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, Nanabush, words), 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

casedetamodobl:unmarkedmarkadvcladvmoddetnsubjnsubjacl:relclnmod:posscaseobjmarkxcompcaseoblpunctadvmodnsubjconjcaseoblpunctccmarknsubjauxxcompnmod:possnsubjdetnsubjcopparataxisccauxadvmodaux:passconjpunctadvmodnsubjconjadvmodcasedetoblpunctrootOnADPtheDETlastADJdayNOUNbeforeSCONJreachingVERBhomeADVtheDETmanNOUNwhoPRONhadVERBNanabushPROPN’sPARTdaughterNOUNwantedVERBtoPARTtalkVERBtoADPherPRON,PUNCTsoADVhePRONspokeVERBtoADPherPRON,PUNCTbutCCONJbeforeSCONJhePRONhadAUXfinishedVERBhisPRONwordsNOUNtheDETgirlNOUNwasAUXmissingADJandCCONJcouldAUXnotPARTbeAUXfoundVERB,PUNCTsoADVhePRONgotVERBhomeADVwithoutADPaDETwifeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonADP_4 daycase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 daydet
3lastlastADJDegree=Pos4 dayamod
4daydayNOUNNumber=Sing15 wantedobl:unmarked
5beforebeforeSCONJ_6 reachingmark
6reachingreachVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 dayadvcl
7homehomeADV_6 reachingadvmod
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 mandet
9manmanNOUNNumber=Sing15 wantednsubj
10whowhoPRONPronType=Rel11 hadnsubj
11hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 manacl:relcl
12NanabushNanabushPROPNNumber=Sing14 daughternmod:poss
13’s'sPART_12 Nanabushcase
14daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing11 hadobj
15wantedwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
16totoPART_17 talkmark
17talktalkVERBVerbForm=Inf15 wantedxcomp
18totoADP_19 hercase
19hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 talkobl
20,,PUNCT_23 spokepunct
21sosoADV_23 spokeadvmod
22hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 spokensubj
23spokespeakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 wantedconj
24totoADP_25 hercase
25hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 spokeobl
26,,PUNCT_31 finishedpunct
27butbutCCONJ_31 finishedcc
28beforebeforeSCONJ_31 finishedmark
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 finishednsubj
30hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 finishedaux
31finishedfinishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass15 wantedxcomp
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 wordsnmod:poss
33wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur37 missingnsubj
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 girldet
35girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing37 missingnsubj
36wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 missingcop
37missingmissingADJDegree=Pos31 finishedparataxis
38andandCCONJ_42 foundcc
39couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin42 foundaux
40notnotPARTPolarity=Neg42 foundadvmod
41bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf42 foundaux:pass
42foundfindVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass37 missingconj
43,,PUNCT_46 gotpunct
44sosoADV_46 gotadvmod
45hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 gotnsubj
46gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 wantedconj
47homehomeADV_46 gotadvmod
48withoutwithoutADP_50 wifecase
49aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art50 wifedet
50wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing46 gotobl
51..PUNCT_15 wantedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reachgerundthe man not said herehome propertyvn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2havepastthe manNanabush's daughtervn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient
3wantpastthe mandayvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4talk not said to happento-infinitivethe man not said herewifevn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent
5speak speech: otherpastNanabushwifevn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent
6finish not said to happenpast · perfectNanabushvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
7ispastNanabush's wordsthe girl nsubj; missing propertytree rules
8not findcould · passiveNanabush's words not said herevn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»
9getpastNanabushwithout a wife; home propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
10wordNanabushnom word «communication transitive»: poss=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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