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Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.), sentence 2

Long years ago there were two Ojibwa boys who lived so close together that they called each other “Brother,” and one time when they got to be big boys they talked about getting married, so they went away to an Indian (Ojibwa) village not far away and got girls to marry them.

Who acts: two Ojibwa boys, boys, girls · What happens: be, live, call, get, talk, marry · To what, where: other Brother, big boys, Indian Ojibwa village, girls · 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 (two Ojibwa boys, boys, girls), 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

amodobl:unmarkedadvmodexplnummodcompoundnsubjnsubjacl:relcladvmodxcompadvmodmarknsubjadvcldetamodpunctxcomppunctpunctccnummodconjadvmodnsubjacl:relclmarkcopamodobjnsubjacl:relclmarkaux:passxcomppunctadvmodnsubjparataxisadvmodcasedetamodpunctcompoundpunctobladvmodadvmodadvmodccconjobjmarkxcompobjpunctrootLongADJyearsNOUNagoADVtherePRONwereVERBtwoNUMOjibwaPROPNboysNOUNwhoPRONlivedVERBsoADVcloseADJtogetherADVthatSCONJtheyPRONcalledVERBeachDETotherADJ“PUNCTBrotherNOUN,PUNCT”PUNCTandCCONJoneNUMtimeNOUNwhenADVtheyPRONgotVERBtoPARTbeAUXbigADJboysNOUNtheyPRONtalkedVERBaboutSCONJgettingAUXmarriedVERB,PUNCTsoADVtheyPRONwentVERBawayADVtoADPanDETIndianADJ(PUNCTOjibwaPROPN)PUNCTvillageNOUNnotPARTfarADVawayADVandCCONJgotVERBgirlsNOUNtoPARTmarryVERBthemPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LonglongADJDegree=Pos2 yearsamod
2yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur5 wereobl:unmarked
3agoagoADV_2 yearsadvmod
4theretherePRONPronType=Dem5 wereexpl
5werebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card8 boysnummod
7OjibwaOjibwaPROPNNumber=Sing8 boyscompound
8boysboyNOUNNumber=Plur5 werensubj
9whowhoPRONPronType=Rel10 livednsubj
10livedliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 boysacl:relcl
11sosoADV_12 closeadvmod
12closecloseADJDegree=Pos10 livedxcomp
13togethertogetherADV_10 livedadvmod
14thatthatSCONJ_16 calledmark
15theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs16 callednsubj
16calledcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 livedadvcl
17eacheachDETPronType=Tot20 Brotherdet
18otherotherADJDegree=Pos20 Brotheramod
19“"PUNCT_20 Brotherpunct
20BrotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing16 calledxcomp
21,,PUNCT_16 calledpunct
22”"PUNCT_10 livedpunct
23andandCCONJ_25 timecc
24oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card25 timenummod
25timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing8 boysconj
26whenwhenADVPronType=Int28 gotadvmod
27theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs28 gotnsubj
28gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 timeacl:relcl
29totoPART_32 boysmark
30bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf32 boyscop
31bigbigADJDegree=Pos32 boysamod
32boysboyNOUNNumber=Plur28 gotobj
33theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs34 talkednsubj
34talkedtalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 boysacl:relcl
35aboutaboutSCONJ_37 marriedmark
36gettinggetAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part37 marriedaux:pass
37marriedmarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 talkedxcomp
38,,PUNCT_41 wentpunct
39sosoADV_41 wentadvmod
40theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs41 wentnsubj
41wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 wereparataxis
42awayawayADV_41 wentadvmod
43totoADP_49 villagecase
44anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art49 villagedet
45IndianIndianADJDegree=Pos49 villageamod
46((PUNCT_47 Ojibwapunct
47OjibwaOjibwaPROPNNumber=Sing49 villagecompound
48))PUNCT_47 Ojibwapunct
49villagevillageNOUNNumber=Sing41 wentobl
50notnotPARTPolarity=Neg52 awayadvmod
51farfarADVDegree=Pos52 awayadvmod
52awayawayADV_49 villageadvmod
53andandCCONJ_54 gotcc
54gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 wentconj
55girlsgirlNOUNNumber=Plur54 gotobj
56totoPART_57 marrymark
57marrymarryVERBVerbForm=Inf54 gotxcomp
58themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs57 marryobj
59..PUNCT_5 werepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepasttwo Ojibwa boys and one timethereyearvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2livepasttwo Ojibwa boys and one timeclose, together propertyvn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3callpastboys = boyeach other Brothervn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4getpastboys = boyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
5is ato-infinitivebig boystree rules
6talkpastboys = boybig boys not said heretree rules
7marrygerund · passiveboys = boy not said herevn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»
8go awaypastboys = boya Indian Ojibwa villageaway propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to village=Initial_Location
9getpastboys = boy not said heregirlstree rules
10marryto-infinitivegirls not said heregirls = girlvn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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