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Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.), sentence 13

Those who were appointed to act as waiters started to bring in the eatables, beginning at the door, giving the food to the men as they went along.

Who acts: waiters · What happens: appoint, act, start, bring, begin, give · To what, where: eatables, door, food, men, Those

This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (waiters), 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

nsubjaux:passacl:relclmarkxcompmarknsubjadvclmarkxcompcasedetoblpunctconjcasedetoblpunctconjdetobjcasedetoblmarknsubjadvcladvmodpunctrootThosePRONwhoPRONwereAUXappointedVERBtoPARTactVERBasSCONJwaitersNOUNstartedVERBtoPARTbringVERBinADPtheDETeatablesNOUN,PUNCTbeginningVERBatADPtheDETdoorNOUN,PUNCTgivingVERBtheDETfoodNOUNtoADPtheDETmenNOUNasSCONJtheyPRONwentVERBalongADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThosethatPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Demrootroot
2whowhoPRONPronType=Rel4 appointednsubj
3werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 appointedaux:pass
4appointedappointVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Thoseacl:relcl
5totoPART_6 actmark
6actactVERBVerbForm=Inf4 appointedxcomp
7asasSCONJ_9 startedmark
8waiterswaiterNOUNNumber=Plur9 startednsubj
9startedstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 actadvcl
10totoPART_11 bringmark
11bringbringVERBVerbForm=Inf9 startedxcomp
12ininADP_14 eatablescase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 eatablesdet
14eatableseatablesNOUNNumber=Plur11 bringobl
15,,PUNCT_16 beginningpunct
16beginningbeginVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 bringconj
17atatADP_19 doorcase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 doordet
19doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing16 beginningobl
20,,PUNCT_21 givingpunct
21givinggiveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part16 beginningconj
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 fooddet
23foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing21 givingobj
24totoADP_26 mencase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 mendet
26menmanNOUNNumber=Plur21 givingobl
27asasSCONJ_29 wentmark
28theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs29 wentnsubj
29wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 givingadvcl
30alongalongADV_29 wentadvmod
31..PUNCT_1 Thosepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1appointpast · passivewho nsubjtree rules
2actto-infinitivevn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3startpastwaitersvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4bringto-infinitivewaiters not said herethe eatablesvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
5begingerundwaiters not said herethe doorvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
6givegerundwaiters not said herethe foodthe menvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to man=Recipient
7go alongpastwaiters = waiteralong propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «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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