Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.), sentence 27
They then started on their way home and upon arrival spread the story and went to see the parents of the dead ones.
Who acts: Indians · What happens: start, spread, go, see · To what, where: way, story, arrival, parents
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 (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 | 3 started | nsubj |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 started | advmod |
| 3 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 way | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 way | nmod:poss |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 started | obl |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 started | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 spread | cc |
| 9 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 arrival | case |
| 10 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spread | obl |
| 11 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 started | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 story | det |
| 13 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spread | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 went | cc |
| 15 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 spread | conj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 see | mark |
| 17 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 went | xcomp |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 parents | det |
| 19 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 see | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 ones | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 ones | det |
| 22 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 ones | amod |
| 23 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 parents | nmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 started | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | Indians = indian | Indians's way | then | home property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||
| 2 | spread | past | Indians = indian not said here | the story | arrival | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent story=Theme upon arrival=Destination | |||
| 3 | go | past | Indians = indian not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | see | to-infinitive | Indians = indian not said here | the parents of the dead ones | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=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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