Ojibwa myths and tales, Ne-we-no-nah K’she Mŭh., sentence 13
When he got home he made a big fire and told his two children (boys) what he was going to do, and also told them what to do when he (the father) would run away.
Who acts: man · What happens: get, make, tell, go, do, run away · To what, where: big fire, two children, children · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ne-we-no-nah K’she Mŭh.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 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 | 6 made | advcl |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 got | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 made | nsubj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fire | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fire | amod |
| 9 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 told | cc |
| 11 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | conj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 children | nmod:poss |
| 13 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 children | nummod |
| 14 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 told | obj |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 16 boys | punct |
| 16 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 children | appos |
| 17 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 16 boys | punct |
| 18 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 going | nsubj |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 going | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 going | aux |
| 21 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 told | ccomp |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 do | mark |
| 23 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 going | xcomp |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 told | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 told | cc |
| 26 | also | also | ADV | _ | 27 told | advmod |
| 27 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | conj |
| 28 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 told | iobj |
| 29 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 31 do | obj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 do | mark |
| 31 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 told | xcomp |
| 32 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 39 run | mark |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 run | nsubj |
| 34 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 36 father | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 father | det |
| 36 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 he | appos |
| 37 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 36 father | punct |
| 38 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 run | aux |
| 39 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 do | advcl |
| 40 | away | away | ADV | _ | 39 run | advmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | man | home property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | make | past | man | a big fire | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past | man not said here | man's two children | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | go | past · progressive | what nsubj; man nsubj | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | do | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | tell speech: assert | past | man not said here | children = child | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | man not said here | what obj | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | run away | would | man | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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