Ojibwa myths and tales, Ne-we-no-nah K’she Mŭh., sentence 20
When she got close again the boys threw the awl down, which became many hundred awls with their points sticking up, but she managed to get over them and kept on trying to get her children.
Who acts: mother, boys, points, awl · What happens: get, throw down, become, stick up, manage, keep · To what, where: awl, many hundred awls, children
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, points, awl), 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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 threw | advcl |
| 4 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 got | advmod |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 got | 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 awl | det |
| 10 | awl | awl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 threw | obj |
| 11 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 threw | compound:prt |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 became | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 became | nsubj |
| 14 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 threw | conj |
| 15 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 awls | amod |
| 16 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 awls | nummod |
| 17 | awls | awl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 became | xcomp |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 points | case |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 points | nmod:poss |
| 20 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 awls | nmod |
| 21 | sticking | stick | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 20 points | acl |
| 22 | up | up | ADP | _ | 21 sticking | compound:prt |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 managed | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 managed | cc |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 managed | nsubj |
| 26 | managed | manage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 threw | conj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 get | mark |
| 28 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 managed | xcomp |
| 29 | over | over | ADP | _ | 30 them | case |
| 30 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 get | obl |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 kept | cc |
| 32 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 get | conj |
| 33 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 34 trying | mark |
| 34 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 kept | advcl |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 get | mark |
| 36 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 trying | xcomp |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 children | nmod:poss |
| 38 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 get | obj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 threw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | mother | again | close property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | throw down | past | the boys | the awl | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent awl=Theme | ||||
| 3 | become | past | many hundred awls with awl's points | which nsubj | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | stick up | gerund | awl's points not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | manage | past | mother | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | get | to-infinitive | mother not said here | over awl | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over they=Destination | ||||
| 7 | keep | participle | mother not said here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | try | gerund | mother not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 9 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | mother not said here | mother's children | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | ||||
| 10 | point | awl | nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=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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