Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 5.), sentence 8
While the fight was going on, one of the two Ojibwas got shot in the leg, and the leg was broken below the knee, but he fought on till he got tired and sick.
Who acts: fight · What happens: go on, shoot, break, fight, get · To what, where: two Ojibwas, leg, knee
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 (fight), 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 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 5 going | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fight | det |
| 3 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 going | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | aux |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 going | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 one | punct |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 going | parataxis |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Ojibwas | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Ojibwas | det |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 Ojibwas | nummod |
| 12 | Ojibwas | ojibwa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 shot | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 shot | aux:pass |
| 14 | shot | shoot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 one | parataxis |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 leg | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 leg | det |
| 17 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 shot | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 broken | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 broken | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 leg | det |
| 21 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 broken | aux:pass |
| 23 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 shot | parataxis |
| 24 | below | below | ADP | _ | 26 knee | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 knee | det |
| 26 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 broken | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 fought | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 fought | cc |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 fought | nsubj |
| 30 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 broken | conj |
| 31 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 34 got | mark |
| 32 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 34 got | mark |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 got | nsubj |
| 34 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 fought | advcl |
| 35 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 got | xcomp |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 sick | cc |
| 37 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 tired | conj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 going | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | past · progressive | the fight | one parataxis | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | shoot | past · passive | the two Ojibwas | the leg | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in leg=Destination | ||||
| 3 | break | past · passive | the leg | the knee | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 4 | fight | past | fight | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | get | past | fight | tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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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