Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.), sentence 24
They got out of the canoe and he showed his wife where there were a good many dead Indians (Mohawks) on both sides of the river.
Who acts: stumps, fight, good many dead Indians · What happens: get out, show, be · To what, where: wife
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, fight, good many dead Indians), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 got | advmod |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 canoe | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 canoe | det |
| 6 | canoe | canoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 showed | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 showed | nsubj |
| 9 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 wife | nmod:poss |
| 11 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 showed | obj |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 14 were | advmod |
| 13 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 14 were | expl |
| 14 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 wife | acl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 Indians | det |
| 16 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 Indians | amod |
| 17 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 Indians | amod |
| 18 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 Indians | amod |
| 19 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 14 were | nsubj |
| 20 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 21 Mohawks | punct |
| 21 | Mohawks | mohawk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 Indians | appos |
| 22 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 21 Mohawks | punct |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 sides | case |
| 24 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 sides | det |
| 25 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 Mohawks | nmod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 river | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 river | det |
| 28 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 sides | nmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | past | stumps = stump | of the canoe; out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of canoe=Source | ||||
| 2 | show | past | fight | fight's wife | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | be | past | a good many dead Indians | there | vn 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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