Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.), sentence 9

When the canoe was mended they started on again and when they came to a little lake they saw their comrade just about the other side of the little lake going into a river where there were lots of other Indians (Mohawks, their enemies) waiting for them to come home with their catch of fur and meat.

Who acts: ways, little lake, Mohawks · What happens: mend, start on, come, see, go, wait · To what, where: canoe, little lake, comrade, river

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 (ways, little lake, Mohawks), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 mended	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 canoe	det
3	canoe	canoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mended	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mended	aux:pass
5	mended	mend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 started	advcl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 started	nsubj
7	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 started	compound:prt
9	again	again	ADV	_	7 started	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 saw	cc
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 came	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 came	nsubj
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 saw	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 lake	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 lake	det
16	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 lake	amod
17	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 came	obl
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 saw	nsubj
19	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 started	conj
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 comrade	nmod:poss
21	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 saw	obj
22	just	just	ADV	_	26 side	advmod
23	about	about	ADP	_	26 side	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 side	det
25	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 side	amod
26	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 saw	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	30 lake	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 lake	det
29	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 lake	amod
30	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 side	nmod
31	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	30 lake	acl
32	into	into	ADP	_	34 river	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 river	det
34	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 going	obl
35	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	37 were	advmod
36	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	37 were	expl
37	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 river	acl:relcl
38	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 were	nsubj
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 Indians	case
40	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 Indians	amod
41	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	38 lots	nmod
42	(	(	PUNCT	_	43 Mohawks	punct
43	Mohawks	mohawk	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 lots	conj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 enemies	punct
45	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 enemies	nmod:poss
46	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 Mohawks	conj
47	)	)	PUNCT	_	43 Mohawks	punct
48	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	43 Mohawks	acl
49	for	for	SCONJ	_	52 come	mark
50	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 come	nsubj
51	to	to	PART	_	52 come	mark
52	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 waiting	advcl
53	home	home	ADV	_	52 come	advmod
54	with	with	ADP	_	56 catch	case
55	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 catch	nmod:poss
56	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 come	obl
57	of	of	ADP	_	58 fur	case
58	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 catch	nmod
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 meat	cc
60	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 fur	conj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 started	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mend	past · passive		the canoe				tree rules
2	start on	past	ways = way			again		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	come	past	ways = way		a little lake			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lake=Initial_Location
4	see	past	ways = way	ways's comrade			about the other side of the little lake	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer comrade=Stimulus
5	go	gerund	the little lake not said here		a river			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into river=Initial_Location
6	wait	gerund	Mohawks and ways's enemies not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	come	to-infinitive	ways = way				with ways's catch of fur and meat; home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «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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Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.), sentence 9