Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.), sentence 19
The Ojibwa chief then said, “You go in the daytime and take her and I will make them sleep sound.
Who acts: Ojibwa chief, You, chiefs · What happens: say, go, take, make, sleep · To what, where: daytime, One, chiefs, sound · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Ojibwa chief, You, chiefs), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 chief | det |
| 2 | Ojibwa | Ojibwa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 chief | compound |
| 3 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 said | advmod |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 7 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 8 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 go | nsubj |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | ccomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 daytime | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 daytime | det |
| 12 | daytime | daytime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 take | cc |
| 14 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 go | conj |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 take | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 make | cc |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 make | nsubj |
| 18 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 make | aux |
| 19 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 take | conj |
| 20 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 make | obj |
| 21 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 make | xcomp |
| 22 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sleep | obj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Ojibwa chief | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go in a quote | present | You | the daytime | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in daytime=Location | ||||
| 3 | take in a quote | infinitive | You not said here | One | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | ||||
| 4 | make in a quote | future | the Ojibwa chief = chief | chiefs = chief | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | sleep in a quote | infinitive | chiefs = chief not said here | sound | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=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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