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Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 5.), sentence 16

When they got through they searched the place for the scalp that was taken from the brother and when they found it they burnt the village and started back home.

Who acts: Mohawks · What happens: get, search, take, find, burnt, start back · To what, where: place, scalp, village

This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 5.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mohawks), 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

advmodnsubjmarknsubjadvcldetobjcasedetoblnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclcasedetoblccadvmodnsubjadvclobjnsubjconjdetobjccconjadvmodadvmodpunctrootWhenADVtheyPRONgotVERBthroughSCONJtheyPRONsearchedVERBtheDETplaceNOUNforADPtheDETscalpNOUNthatPRONwasAUXtakenVERBfromADPtheDETbrotherNOUNandCCONJwhenADVtheyPRONfoundVERBitPRONtheyPRONburntVERBtheDETvillageNOUNandCCONJstartedVERBbackADVhomeADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 gotadvmod
2theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 gotnsubj
3gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4throughthroughSCONJ_6 searchedmark
5theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 searchednsubj
6searchedsearchVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 gotadvcl
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 placedet
8placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing6 searchedobj
9forforADP_11 scalpcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 scalpdet
11scalpscalpNOUNNumber=Sing6 searchedobl
12thatthatPRONPronType=Rel14 takennsubj:pass
13wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 takenaux:pass
14takentakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass11 scalpacl:relcl
15fromfromADP_17 brothercase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 brotherdet
17brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing14 takenobl
18andandCCONJ_24 burntcc
19whenwhenADVPronType=Int21 foundadvmod
20theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs21 foundnsubj
21foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 burntadvcl
22ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 foundobj
23theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs24 burntnsubj
24burntburntVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 takenconj
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 villagedet
26villagevillageNOUNNumber=Sing24 burntobj
27andandCCONJ_28 startedcc
28startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 burntconj
29backbackADV_28 startedadvmod
30homehomeADV_28 startedadvmod
31..PUNCT_3 gotpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpastMohawks = mohawkvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2searchpastMohawks = mohawkthe placefor the scalpvn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent place=Location for scalp=Theme
3takepast · passivethe scalpfrom the brothervn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from brother=Initial_Location
4findpastMohawks = mohawkplacevn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
5burntpastMohawks = mohawkthe villagetree rules
6start backpastMohawks = mohawk not said herehome propertyvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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