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Ojibwa myths and tales, The Creation of Man., sentence 36

He saw the lightning strike several trees, and looking very closely at one tree that was struck he saw a little man (about two feet high) standing by one side of the tree, and looking again at the tree he saw another little man standing at the other side of the struck tree.

Who acts: man, little man · What happens: see, look, strike, stand · To what, where: lightning strike, that, one tree, little man, other side

This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, The Creation of Man.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, little man), 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

nsubjdetcompoundobjamodobjpunctcccsubj:passadvmodadvmodcasenummodoblnsubj:passaux:passadvclnsubjconjdetamodobjpunctadvmodnummodobl:unmarkedparataxispunctaclcasenummodoblcasedetnmodpunctccadvcladvmodcasedetoblnsubjconjdetamodobjaclcasedetamodoblcasedetamodnmodpunctrootHePRONsawVERBtheDETlightningNOUNstrikeNOUNseveralADJtreesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJlookingVERBveryADVcloselyADVatADPoneNUMtreeNOUNthatPRONwasAUXstruckVERBhePRONsawVERBaDETlittleADJmanNOUN(PUNCTaboutADVtwoNUMfeetNOUNhighADJ)PUNCTstandingVERBbyADPoneNUMsideNOUNofADPtheDETtreeNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJlookingVERBagainADVatADPtheDETtreeNOUNhePRONsawVERBanotherDETlittleADJmanNOUNstandingVERBatADPtheDETotherADJsideNOUNofADPtheDETstruckVERBtreeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 sawnsubj
2sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 strikedet
4lightninglightningNOUNNumber=Sing5 strikecompound
5strikestrikeNOUNNumber=Sing2 sawobj
6severalseveralADJDegree=Pos7 treesamod
7treestreeNOUNNumber=Plur2 sawobj
8,,PUNCT_18 struckpunct
9andandCCONJ_18 struckcc
10lookinglookVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part18 struckcsubj:pass
11veryveryADV_12 closelyadvmod
12closelycloselyADV_10 lookingadvmod
13atatADP_15 treecase
14oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card15 treenummod
15treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing18 struckobl
16thatthatPRONPronType=Rel18 strucknsubj:pass
17wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 struckaux:pass
18struckstrikeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 sawadvcl
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 sawnsubj
20sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 sawconj
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 mandet
22littlelittleADJDegree=Pos23 manamod
23manmanNOUNNumber=Sing20 sawobj
24((PUNCT_28 highpunct
25aboutaboutADV_26 twoadvmod
26twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card27 feetnummod
27feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur28 highobl:unmarked
28highhighADJDegree=Pos23 manparataxis
29))PUNCT_28 highpunct
30standingstandVERBVerbForm=Ger23 manacl
31bybyADP_33 sidecase
32oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card33 sidenummod
33sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing30 standingobl
34ofofADP_36 treecase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 treedet
36treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing33 sidenmod
37,,PUNCT_45 sawpunct
38andandCCONJ_45 sawcc
39lookinglookVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part45 sawadvcl
40againagainADV_39 lookingadvmod
41atatADP_43 treecase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 treedet
43treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing39 lookingobl
44hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 sawnsubj
45sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 sawconj
46anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind48 mandet
47littlelittleADJDegree=Pos48 manamod
48manmanNOUNNumber=Sing45 sawobj
49standingstandVERBVerbForm=Ger48 manacl
50atatADP_53 sidecase
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 sidedet
52otherotherADJDegree=Pos53 sideamod
53sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing49 standingobl
54ofofADP_57 treecase
55thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art57 treedet
56struckstrikeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass57 treeamod
57treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing53 sidenmod
58..PUNCT_2 sawpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastmanthe lightning strikeseveral trees objtree rules
2lookgerundclosely propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3strikepast · passivethatone treevn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4seepastmana little manvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
5standgerunda little man not said hereby one side of the treevn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location
6lookgerundman not said hereagainat the treevn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tree=Theme
7seepastmananother little manvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
8standgerundanother little man not said herethe other side of the struck treevn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at side=Location
9strikeparticiplevn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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