Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.), sentence 39
When the Ojibwas came very close the girl who led gave a big loud yell and all the Mohawks fell down on their hands and knees and tried to crawl away, but the Ojibwa warriors killed every one of them that they could find.
Who acts: Ojibwas, girl, Mohawks, Ojibwa warriors, warriors · What happens: come, lead, give, fall down, try, crawl away · To what, where: big loud yell, hands, one
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 (Ojibwas, girl, Mohawks, Ojibwa warriors), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 4 came | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Ojibwas | det |
| 3 | Ojibwas | Ojibwa | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 gave | advcl |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 close | advmod |
| 6 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 came | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 girl | det |
| 8 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | nsubj |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 led | nsubj |
| 10 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 girl | acl:relcl |
| 11 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 yell | det |
| 13 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 yell | amod |
| 14 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 yell | amod |
| 15 | yell | yell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 fell | cc |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 Mohawks | det:predet |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Mohawks | det |
| 19 | Mohawks | mohawk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 fell | nsubj |
| 20 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 gave | conj |
| 21 | down | down | ADV | _ | 20 fell | advmod |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 hands | case |
| 23 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 hands | nmod:poss |
| 24 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 fell | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 knees | cc |
| 26 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 hands | conj |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 tried | cc |
| 28 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 fell | conj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 crawl | mark |
| 30 | crawl | crawl | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 tried | xcomp |
| 31 | away | away | ADV | _ | 30 crawl | advmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 killed | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 killed | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 warriors | det |
| 35 | Ojibwa | Ojibwa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 warriors | compound |
| 36 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 killed | nsubj |
| 37 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 gave | conj |
| 38 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 one | det |
| 39 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 killed | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 them | case |
| 41 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 one | nmod |
| 42 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 find | mark |
| 43 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 find | nsubj |
| 44 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 find | aux |
| 45 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 one | acl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the Ojibwas | close property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lead | past | the girl | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 3 | give | past | the girl | a big loud yell | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yell=Theme | ||||
| 4 | fall down | past | all Mohawks | Mohawks's hands and knees | down property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on hand=Location | |||
| 5 | try | past | all Mohawks not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | crawl away not said to happen | to-infinitive | all Mohawks not said here | away property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | kill | past | the Ojibwa warriors | every one of Mohawks | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 8 | find | could | warriors = warrior | every one of Mohawks not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic |
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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