Ojibwa myths and tales, Thunderbirds. (no. 2.), sentence 17

The man fainted and when he came to he found himself on the edge of a lake in a strange place, so he got up and wandered about till he came on some man tracks which he followed up till he came to two men and asked them where he was.

Who acts: man, York · What happens: faint, come, find, get up, wander, follow up · To what, where: York, edge, man tracks, man · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (man, York), 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	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fainted	nsubj
3	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 found	cc
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 came	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 found	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 came	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 found	nsubj
10	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fainted	conj
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 found	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 edge	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 edge	det
14	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 found	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 lake	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 lake	det
17	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 edge	nmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 place	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 place	det
20	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 place	amod
21	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lake	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 got	punct
23	so	so	ADV	_	25 got	advmod
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 got	nsubj
25	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fainted	parataxis
26	up	up	ADP	_	25 got	compound:prt
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 wandered	cc
28	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 got	conj
29	about	about	ADV	_	28 wandered	advmod
30	till	till	SCONJ	_	32 came	mark
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 came	nsubj
32	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 wandered	advcl
33	on	on	ADP	_	36 tracks	case
34	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	36 tracks	det
35	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 tracks	compound
36	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 came	obl
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 followed	obj
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 followed	nsubj
39	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 tracks	acl:relcl
40	up	up	ADP	_	39 followed	compound:prt
41	till	till	SCONJ	_	43 came	mark
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 came	nsubj
43	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 followed	advcl
44	to	to	ADP	_	46 men	case
45	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	46 men	nummod
46	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 came	obl
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 asked	cc
48	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fainted	conj
49	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 asked	obj
50	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	52 was	advmod
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 was	nsubj
52	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 asked	ccomp
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fainted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	faint	past	the man					vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	come	past	York					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	find	past	York	York		the edge of a lake in a strange place		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic
4	get up	past	York					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5	wander	past	York not said here				about property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	come	past	York			some man tracks		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on track=Location
7	follow up	past	York	some man tracks				tree rules
8	come	past	York				to two men	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to man=Initial_Location
9	ask speech: ask	past	the man not said here		man			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
10	be	past	York					vn exist-47.1 «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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🌲 Ojibwa myths and tales, Thunderbirds. (no. 2.), sentence 17

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Pragmatics

Ojibwa myths and tales, Thunderbirds. (no. 2.), sentence 17