Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.), sentence 2
The other plan that Nanabush made to get these ducks was this: He and his mother made a big camp (lodge or wigwam) and invited all the different kinds of ducks to come to a big dance on such a day set apart for the dance.
Who acts: other plan · What happens: make, get, be, invite, come, set apart · To what, where: ducks, this, big camp, different kinds, big dance, day
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 (other plan), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 plan | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 plan | amod |
| 3 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 made | nsubj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 made | nsubj |
| 5 | Nanabush | Nanabush | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 made | nsubj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 plan | acl:relcl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 get | mark |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 made | xcomp |
| 9 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 10 ducks | det |
| 10 | ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 get | obj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 this | cop |
| 12 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 made | obl |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 made | punct |
| 14 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 made | nsubj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 mother | cc |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mother | nmod:poss |
| 17 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 He | conj |
| 18 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 camp | det |
| 20 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 camp | amod |
| 21 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 made | obj |
| 22 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 23 lodge | punct |
| 23 | lodge | lodge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 camp | appos |
| 24 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 25 wigwam | cc |
| 25 | wigwam | wigwam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 lodge | conj |
| 26 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 23 lodge | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 invited | cc |
| 28 | invited | invite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 made | conj |
| 29 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 kinds | det:predet |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 kinds | det |
| 31 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 kinds | amod |
| 32 | kinds | kind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 invited | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 ducks | case |
| 34 | ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 kinds | nmod |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 come | mark |
| 36 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 invited | advcl |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 dance | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 dance | det |
| 39 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 dance | amod |
| 40 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 come | obl |
| 41 | on | on | ADP | _ | 44 day | case |
| 42 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 44 day | det:predet |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 day | det |
| 44 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 come | obl |
| 45 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 day | acl |
| 46 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 45 set | advmod |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 dance | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 dance | det |
| 49 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 set | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the other plan | Nanabush nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | the other plan not said here | this ducks | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duck=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | this | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | make | past | the other plan | a big camp | Nanabush nsubj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset camp=Product | |||
| 5 | invite | past | the other plan not said here | all different kinds of ducks | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | come | to-infinitive | the other plan not said here | a big dance | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to dance=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | set apart | participle | such day not said here | for the dance; apart property | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for dance=Beneficiary |
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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