Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 8.), sentence 34
This duck made a big yell and told all the (remaining) ducks what Nanabush was doing, and made for the door, but before he got out Nanabush kicked him and stepped on his feet (we now call this duck the Diver).
Who acts: duck, Nanabush, we · What happens: make, tell, remain, do, get out, kick · To what, where: big yell, remaining ducks, Chief, feet, duck · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 8.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (duck, Nanabush, we), 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 | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 duck | det |
| 2 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 yell | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 yell | amod |
| 6 | yell | yell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 told | cc |
| 8 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | conj |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 ducks | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ducks | det |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 12 remaining | punct |
| 12 | remaining | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 ducks | amod |
| 13 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 12 remaining | punct |
| 14 | ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 told | ccomp |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 doing | obj |
| 16 | Nanabush | Nanabush | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 doing | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 doing | aux |
| 18 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 ducks | acl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 made | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 made | cc |
| 21 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 made | parataxis |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 door | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 door | det |
| 24 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 made | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 kicked | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 kicked | cc |
| 27 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 29 got | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 got | nsubj |
| 29 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 kicked | advcl |
| 30 | out | out | ADP | _ | 29 got | compound:prt |
| 31 | Nanabush | Nanabush | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 kicked | nsubj |
| 32 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | parataxis |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 kicked | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 stepped | cc |
| 35 | stepped | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 kicked | conj |
| 36 | on | on | ADP | _ | 38 feet | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 feet | nmod:poss |
| 38 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 stepped | obl |
| 39 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 42 call | punct |
| 40 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 call | nsubj |
| 41 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 42 call | advmod |
| 42 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 stepped | parataxis |
| 43 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 duck | det |
| 44 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 call | obj |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Diver | det |
| 46 | Diver | Diver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 call | xcomp |
| 47 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 42 call | punct |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | this duck | a big yell | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yell=Product | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | this duck not said here | all remaining ducks ccomp | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | remain | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | do | past · progressive | Nanabush | all remaining ducks | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | make | participle | for the door | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for door=Asset | |||||
| 6 | get out | past | Nanabush | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | kick | past | Nanabush | Chief | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 8 | step | past | Nanabush not said here | Nanabush's feet | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory | ||||
| 9 | call | present | we | this duck | now | the Diver xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent duck=Recipient |
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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