Ojibwa myths and tales, Thunderbirds. (no. 2.), sentence 15
Then he got inside and fastened himself in with his long sash, closed the open hole with strings and rolled off.
Who acts: York, long sash · What happens: get, fasten, close, roll off · To what, where: York, long sash, open hole
This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Thunderbirds. (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 (York, long sash), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 got | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 3 got | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fastened | cc |
| 6 | fastened | fasten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 7 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 fastened | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 sash | case |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 sash | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 sash | nmod:poss |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 sash | amod |
| 12 | sash | sash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fastened | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 closed | punct |
| 14 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 sash | acl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 hole | det |
| 16 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 hole | amod |
| 17 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 closed | obj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 strings | case |
| 19 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 hole | nmod |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 rolled | cc |
| 21 | rolled | roll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 closed | conj |
| 22 | off | off | ADP | _ | 21 rolled | compound:prt |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | York | then | inside property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | fasten | past | York not said here | York | York's long sash | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | |||
| 3 | close | participle | York's long sash not said here | the open hole | with strings | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Destination with string=Theme | |||
| 4 | roll off | participle | York's long sash not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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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