Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.), sentence 26
The Ojibwa chief then called a big feast and told his people to get ready, that after the feast there was going to be a big battle right there.
Who acts: Ojibwa chief, that · What happens: call, tell, get, go, be · To what, where: big feast, people, big battle · 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, that), 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 called | nsubj |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 called | advmod |
| 5 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 feast | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 feast | amod |
| 8 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 called | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 told | cc |
| 10 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 called | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 people | nmod:poss |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 told | iobj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 get | mark |
| 14 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 told | ccomp |
| 15 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 get | xcomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 going | punct |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 going | nsubj |
| 18 | after | after | ADP | _ | 20 feast | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 feast | det |
| 20 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 was | obl |
| 21 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 22 was | expl |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 going | aux |
| 23 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 called | advcl |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 battle | mark |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 28 battle | cop |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 battle | det |
| 27 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 battle | amod |
| 28 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 going | xcomp |
| 29 | right | right | ADV | _ | 30 there | advmod |
| 30 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 battle | advmod |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | the Ojibwa chief | a big feast | then | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feast=Recipient | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the Ojibwa chief not said here | boy's people | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | go | past · progressive | that | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | is a | to-infinitive | that not said here | a big battle | there | tree rules |
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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