Ojibwa myths and tales, Ne-we-no-nah K’she Mŭh., sentence 19
When she came close again the boys threw the thorn down when it became a very big bush of thorn trees (Haw trees), which gave the two boys a chance to get ahead a good bit before she got through.
Who acts: mother, boys, thorn, thorn trees, big bush · What happens: come, throw down, become, haw, give, get · To what, where: thorn, big bush, trees, chance, two boys, good bit
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 (mother, boys, thorn, thorn trees), 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 came | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 threw | advcl |
| 4 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 came | advmod |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 boys | det |
| 7 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 threw | nsubj |
| 8 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 thorn | det |
| 10 | thorn | thorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 threw | obj |
| 11 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 threw | compound:prt |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 became | advmod |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 became | nsubj |
| 14 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 threw | advcl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 bush | det |
| 16 | very | very | ADV | _ | 17 big | advmod |
| 17 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 bush | amod |
| 18 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 became | xcomp |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 trees | case |
| 20 | thorn | thorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 trees | compound |
| 21 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 bush | nmod |
| 22 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 23 Haw | punct |
| 23 | Haw | haw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 trees | acl |
| 24 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 Haw | obj |
| 25 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 23 Haw | punct |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 gave | punct |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 gave | nsubj |
| 28 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 bush | acl:relcl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 boys | det |
| 30 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 boys | nummod |
| 31 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 gave | obj |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 chance | det |
| 33 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 gave | obj |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 get | mark |
| 35 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 chance | acl |
| 36 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 35 get | advmod |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 bit | det |
| 38 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 bit | amod |
| 39 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 get | obl:unmarked |
| 40 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 42 got | mark |
| 41 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 got | nsubj |
| 42 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 get | advcl |
| 43 | through | through | ADV | _ | 42 got | advmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 threw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | mother | again | close property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | throw down | past | the boys | the thorn | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thorn=Theme | ||||
| 3 | become | past | thorn | a big bush of thorn trees | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | haw | infinitive | thorn trees not said here | trees | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | give | past | a big bush of thorn trees | a chance | the two boys | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient chance=Theme | |||
| 6 | get | to-infinitive | a big bush of thorn trees not said here | a good bit | ahead property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 7 | get through | past | mother | through property | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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