Ojibwa myths and tales, Ne-we-no-nah K’she Mŭh., sentence 3
A very long time ago there was an Indian who lived with his family in the wilderness or wild bush where nobody was to be seen.
Who acts: long time · What happens: be, live, see · To what, where: wilderness, nobody
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 (long time), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 long | advmod |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Indian | nsubj |
| 5 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 7 was | advmod |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 was | expl |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 Indian | cop |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 Indian | det |
| 9 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 lived | nsubj |
| 11 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 Indian | acl:relcl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 family | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 family | nmod:poss |
| 14 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lived | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 wilderness | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 wilderness | det |
| 17 | wilderness | wilderness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lived | obl |
| 18 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 bush | cc |
| 19 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 bush | amod |
| 20 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 wilderness | conj |
| 21 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 26 seen | advmod |
| 22 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 26 seen | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 seen | aux:pass |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 seen | mark |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 seen | aux:pass |
| 26 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 bush | acl:relcl |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 Indian | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | a long time | indian property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | past | the wilderness or wild bush | with Peter's family; who nsubj | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with family=Location | ||||
| 3 | see | past · passive | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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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