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Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.), sentence 19

When he got there the gunfire started from both sides of the river and kept up for a long time, till after a while the fire was not so bad, after another while the fire ceased and the wife looked and looked and after a short time she saw something coming straight to where she was waiting.

Who acts: comrade, gunfire, fire, wife · What happens: get, start, keep up, not be, cease, look · To what, where: sides, something

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 (comrade, gunfire, fire, 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

advmodnsubjadvcladvmoddetnsubjcasedetoblcasedetnmodccconjcompound:prtcasedetamodoblpunctcasecasedetobldetnsubjcopadvmodadvmodconjpunctcaseconjmarkdetnsubjadvclccdetnsubjconjccconjcccasedetamodoblnsubjconjobjacladvmodcaseadvmodnsubjauxccomppunctrootWhenADVhePRONgotVERBthereADVtheDETgunfireNOUNstartedVERBfromADPbothDETsidesNOUNofADPtheDETriverNOUNandCCONJkeptVERBupADPforADPaDETlongADJtimeNOUN,PUNCTtillADPafterADPaDETwhileNOUNtheDETfireNOUNwasAUXnotPARTsoADVbadADJ,PUNCTafterADPanotherDETwhileSCONJtheDETfireNOUNceasedVERBandCCONJtheDETwifeNOUNlookedVERBandCCONJlookedVERBandCCONJafterADPaDETshortADJtimeNOUNshePRONsawVERBsomethingPRONcomingVERBstraightADVtoADPwhereADVshePRONwasAUXwaitingVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 gotadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 gotnsubj
3gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 startedadvcl
4therethereADVPronType=Dem3 gotadvmod
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 gunfiredet
6gunfiregunfireNOUNNumber=Sing7 startednsubj
7startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8fromfromADP_10 sidescase
9bothbothDETPronType=Tot10 sidesdet
10sidessideNOUNNumber=Plur7 startedobl
11ofofADP_13 rivercase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 riverdet
13riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing10 sidesnmod
14andandCCONJ_15 keptcc
15keptkeepVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 startedconj
16upupADP_15 keptcompound:prt
17forforADP_20 timecase
18aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 timedet
19longlongADJDegree=Pos20 timeamod
20timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing15 keptobl
21,,PUNCT_31 badpunct
22tilltillADP_25 whilecase
23afterafterADP_25 whilecase
24aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 whiledet
25whilewhileNOUNNumber=Sing31 badobl
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 firedet
27firefireNOUNNumber=Sing31 badnsubj
28wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 badcop
29notnotPARTPolarity=Neg31 badadvmod
30sosoADV_31 badadvmod
31badbadADJDegree=Pos15 keptconj
32,,PUNCT_34 anotherpunct
33afterafterADP_34 anothercase
34anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind31 badconj
35whilewhileSCONJ_38 ceasedmark
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 firedet
37firefireNOUNNumber=Sing38 ceasednsubj
38ceasedceaseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 anotheradvcl
39andandCCONJ_42 lookedcc
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 wifedet
41wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing42 lookednsubj
42lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 ceasedconj
43andandCCONJ_44 lookedcc
44lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 lookedconj
45andandCCONJ_51 sawcc
46afterafterADP_49 timecase
47aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art49 timedet
48shortshortADJDegree=Pos49 timeamod
49timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing51 sawobl
50sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs51 sawnsubj
51sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 lookedconj
52somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind51 sawobj
53comingcomeVERBVerbForm=Ger52 somethingacl
54straightstraightADV_59 waitingadvmod
55totoADP_56 wherecase
56wherewhereADVPronType=Rel59 waitingadvmod
57sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs59 waitingnsubj
58wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin59 waitingaux
59waitingwaitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part53 comingccomp
60..PUNCT_7 startedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpastcomradetherevn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2startpastthe gunfireboth sides of the rivervn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3keep upparticiplethe gunfire not said heretimevn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
4not ispastthe firewhilebad propertytree rules
5ceasepastthe firevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
6lookpastthe wifevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
7lookpastthe wife not said herevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
8seepastwifesomethingtimevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
9comegerundtree rules
10waitpast · progressivewifestraight propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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