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Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.), sentence 10

The man in the second canoe said to his wife, “Well, my brother is going to get killed, as he goes into the river, you watch!”

Who acts: man, brother, wife · What happens: say, go, get, kill, watch · To what, where: wife, river · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, brother, wife), 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

detnsubjcasedetamodnmodcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctdiscoursepunctnmod:possnsubjauxccompmarkxcompxcomppunctmarknsubjparataxiscasedetoblpunctnsubjadvclpunctpunctrootTheDETmanNOUNinADPtheDETsecondADJcanoeNOUNsaidVERBtoADPhisPRONwifeNOUN,PUNCT“PUNCTWellINTJ,PUNCTmyPRONbrotherNOUNisAUXgoingVERBtoPARTgetVERBkilledVERB,PUNCTasSCONJhePRONgoesVERBintoADPtheDETriverNOUN,PUNCTyouPRONwatchVERB!PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 mandet
2manmanNOUNNumber=Sing7 saidnsubj
3ininADP_6 canoecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 canoedet
5secondsecondADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord6 canoeamod
6canoecanoeNOUNNumber=Sing2 mannmod
7saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8totoADP_10 wifecase
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 wifenmod:poss
10wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing7 saidobl
11,,PUNCT_18 goingpunct
12“"PUNCT_18 goingpunct
13WellwellINTJ_18 goingdiscourse
14,,PUNCT_13 Wellpunct
15mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 brothernmod:poss
16brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing18 goingnsubj
17isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 goingaux
18goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 saidccomp
19totoPART_20 getmark
20getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf18 goingxcomp
21killedkillVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 getxcomp
22,,PUNCT_25 goespunct
23asasSCONJ_25 goesmark
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 goesnsubj
25goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 saidparataxis
26intointoADP_28 rivercase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 riverdet
28riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing25 goesobl
29,,PUNCT_31 watchpunct
30youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs31 watchnsubj
31watchwatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin25 goesadvcl
32!!PUNCT_25 goespunct
33”"PUNCT_25 goespunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: expresspastthe man in the second canoeman's wifevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient clause=Topic
2go in a quotepresent · progressivemy brothervn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3get in a quoteto-infinitivemy brother not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4kill in a quoteparticiplemy brother not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5go in a quotepresentBrotherthe rivervn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into river=Initial_Location
6watch in a quotepresentman's wife = wifevn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: 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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