Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.), sentence 34
After this happened the news spread all over and the two big nations got so mad (angry) that they declared war.
Who acts: this, news, two big nations, nations · What happens: happen, spread, get, declare · To what, where: war
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 (this, news, two big nations, nations), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 3 happened | mark |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 spread | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 news | det |
| 5 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spread | nsubj |
| 6 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 over | advmod |
| 8 | over | over | ADV | _ | 6 spread | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 got | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 nations | det |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 nations | nummod |
| 12 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 nations | amod |
| 13 | nations | nation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 got | nsubj |
| 14 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 spread | conj |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 mad | advmod |
| 16 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 got | xcomp |
| 17 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 angry | punct |
| 18 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 mad | conj |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 angry | punct |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 declared | mark |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 declared | nsubj |
| 22 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 mad | advcl |
| 23 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 declared | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 spread | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | this | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | spread | past | the news | over property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | past | the two big nations | mad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | declare speech: other | past | nations = nation | war | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute |
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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