Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.), sentence 12
Note by G. E. L.—The song that Nanabush sang for the ducks was called “Ki-ah-wah-na,” which, according to York, means “Something that has been used to get such a thing or to do such a thing with.
Who acts: song, Ki, wah na, G. E. L. · What happens: sing, call, na, accord, mean, use · To what, where: Note, Something, thing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (song, Ki, wah na, G. E. L.), 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 | Note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 called | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 L. | case |
| 3 | G. | G. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 L. | compound |
| 4 | E. | E. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 L. | compound |
| 5 | L. | L. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Note | nmod |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 song | punct |
| 7 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 song | det |
| 8 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 called | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 sang | nsubj |
| 10 | Nanabush | Nanabush | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sang | nsubj |
| 11 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 song | acl:relcl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 ducks | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ducks | det |
| 14 | ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sang | obl |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 called | aux:pass |
| 16 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 na | punct |
| 18 | Ki | Ki | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 na | nsubj |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 Ki | punct |
| 20 | ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 24 na | discourse |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 ah | punct |
| 22 | wah | wah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 na | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 wah | punct |
| 24 | na | na | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 called | xcomp |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 ” | punct |
| 26 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 na | punct |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 means | nsubj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 York | punct |
| 29 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 York | case |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 according | fixed |
| 31 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 means | nsubj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 York | punct |
| 33 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 na | parataxis |
| 34 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 Something | punct |
| 35 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 33 means | obj |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 used | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 used | aux |
| 38 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 39 used | aux:pass |
| 39 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 Something | acl:relcl |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 get | mark |
| 41 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 used | advcl |
| 42 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 44 thing | det:predet |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 thing | det |
| 44 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 get | obj |
| 45 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 47 do | cc |
| 46 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 do | mark |
| 47 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 get | conj |
| 48 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 50 thing | det:predet |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 thing | det |
| 50 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 do | obj |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 do | obl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | past | the song | for the ducks; Nanabush nsubj | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for duck=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | call speech: assert | past · passive | Note by G. E. L. | the song nsubj:pass | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | na in a quote | Ki | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | mean | present | wah na | Something | York nsubj | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | |||
| 6 | use in a quote | present · perfect · passive | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||||
| 7 | get in a quote | to-infinitive | such thing | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | such thing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | |||||
| 9 | note | G. E. L. | nom note «communication transitive»: by=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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