Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.), sentence 18
So they got everything out of the canoe and he started in the canoe with his gun for the same place where his comrade got shot.
Who acts: stumps, gun, comrade · What happens: get, start · To what, where: everything, canoe, shot
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 (stumps, gun, comrade), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 got | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 canoe | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 canoe | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 canoe | det |
| 8 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 started | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 started | nsubj |
| 11 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 canoe | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 canoe | det |
| 14 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 started | obl |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 gun | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 gun | nmod:poss |
| 17 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 started | obl |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 place | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 place | det |
| 20 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 place | amod |
| 21 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 started | obl |
| 22 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 25 got | advmod |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 comrade | nmod:poss |
| 24 | comrade | comrade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 got | nsubj |
| 25 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 place | acl:relcl |
| 26 | shot | shot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 got | obj |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | stumps = stump | everything | the canoe | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | start | past | gun | the canoe | with gun's gun; for the same place | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with gun=Subeventuality | |||
| 3 | get | past | gun's comrade | shot | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shot=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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