Ojibwa myths and tales, Ne-we-no-nah K’she Mŭh., sentence 38
When he got to the place where his brother was left he saw a wolf which was his brother who had become half a wolf and half a boy.
Who acts: boy, wolf, brother · What happens: get, leave, see, be, become · To what, where: brother, wolf
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 (boy, wolf, brother), 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 | 13 saw | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 place | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 place | det |
| 6 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 left | advmod |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 brother | nmod:poss |
| 9 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 left | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 left | aux:pass |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 place | acl:relcl |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 saw | nsubj |
| 13 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 wolf | det |
| 15 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 saw | obj |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 brother | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 brother | cop |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 brother | nmod:poss |
| 19 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wolf | conj |
| 20 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 become | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 become | aux |
| 22 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 brother | acl:relcl |
| 23 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 25 wolf | det:predet |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 wolf | det |
| 25 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 become | xcomp |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 boy | cc |
| 27 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 29 boy | det:predet |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 boy | det |
| 29 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wolf | conj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | boy | to the place result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | ||||
| 2 | leave | past · passive | boy's brother | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see | past | boy | a wolf and boy's brother | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wolf=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | a wolf and boy's brother | boy's brother | boy nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 5 | become | past · perfect | boy's brother | half wolf and half boy | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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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