Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.), sentence 9
He got the duck in the door as she was going out and reached out his foot and stamped on her as she went past, and this is the reason the diver has flat feet and legs that stick out behind.
Who acts: Nanabush, diver, this, flat feet · What happens: get, go out, reach out, stamp, go past, be · To what, where: duck, door, foot, reason, flat feet
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 (Nanabush, diver, this, flat feet), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 duck | det |
| 4 | duck | duck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 door | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 duck | nmod |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 going | mark |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 going | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 going | aux |
| 11 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 got | advcl |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 going | compound:prt |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 reached | cc |
| 14 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 reached | compound:prt |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 foot | nmod:poss |
| 17 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 reached | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 stamped | cc |
| 19 | stamped | stamp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 reached | conj |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 her | case |
| 21 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 stamped | obl |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 went | mark |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 went | nsubj |
| 24 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 stamped | advcl |
| 25 | past | past | ADV | _ | 24 went | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 reason | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 reason | cc |
| 28 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 reason | nsubj |
| 29 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 reason | cop |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 reason | det |
| 31 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | parataxis |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 diver | det |
| 33 | diver | diver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 has | nsubj |
| 34 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 reason | parataxis |
| 35 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 feet | amod |
| 36 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 has | obj |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 legs | cc |
| 38 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 feet | conj |
| 39 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 stick | nsubj |
| 40 | stick | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 feet | acl:relcl |
| 41 | out | out | ADP | _ | 40 stick | compound:prt |
| 42 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 40 stick | advmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Nanabush | the duck | the door | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duck=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | go out | past · progressive | diver | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | reach out | past | Nanabush not said here | Nanabush's foot | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | ||||
| 4 | stamp | past | Nanabush not said here | on diver | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | go past | past | diver | past property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | this | the reason | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | have | present | the diver | flat feet and legs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | ||||
| 8 | stick out | present | flat feet and legs | behind property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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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