Parallel Annotation of Speech and Text - Part 2

NTNU project - 2010

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Speaker dialect: Trondheim

Sentence 4

Foran kortsida av svampen så er det en bøtte med en hank på og halveis fylt med vann.

“In front of the shorter side of the sponge, there's a bucket with a handle, and filled halfway up with water.”

Foran

foran

in.front.ofDIRSRC

PREP

kortsida
kort	sid	a
short	side	DEFSG
N

av

a

ofPART

CL

svampen
svamp	en
sponge	DEFSG
N

så

so

thenDM

CONJC

er

e:

bePRES

V

det

de

3SGNEUT

PN

en

INDEFSGCOMM

ART

bøtte
bøt:	e
bucket	INDEFSG
N

med

me

withINSTR

PREP

en

INDEFSGCOMM

ART

hank

handleINDEFSG

N

på

po

onLOC

ADVm

og

o

and

CONJC

halvveis
halv	vei	s
half	way	N>ADJ
ADVm

fylt
fyl:	t
fill	PASTPART
ADJ

med

me

withINSTR

PREP

vann

van:

waterINDEFSG

N

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Sentence 5

Altså, du har TVen som er nesten helt inntil nederste delen av rektangelet og så har du et område som er like bredt som TVen nedenfor TVen igjen.

“So, there's the TV, which is almost completely up against the lowest part of the rectangle, and then there's an area the is just as wide as the TV below it.”

Altså

aso

that.isDM

ADVm

du

dʉ

2SG

PN

har
ha:	r
have	PRES
V

TVen
te:v	en
TV	DEFSG
N

som

that

PNrel

er

e:

bePRES

V

nesten

almost

ADVm

helt
he:l	t
whole	ADJ>ADV
ADVm

inntil

inte

in.againstLOC

PREP

nederste
nederst	e
downmostSUP	DEF
ADJ

delen
de:l	en
part	DEFSG
N

av

a

ofPART

CL

rektangelet
rektanɡel	et
rectangle	DEFSG
N

og

o

and

CONJC

så

so

then

CONJC

har
ha:	r
have	PRES
V

du

dʉ

2SG

PN

et

INDEFSGNEUT

ART

område
umro:d	e
area	INDEFSG
N

som

PNrel

er

e:

bePRES

V

like
li:k	e
like	ADJ>ADV
ADVm

bredt
bre:	t
wide	NEUT
ADJ

som

PNrel

TVen
te:v	en
TV	DEFSG
N

nedenfor

neafor

belowDIR

PREP

TVen
te:v	en
TV	DEFSG
N

igjen

ijen:

again

ADVm

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Sentence 6

Og de når cirka opp til hodet på slangen, altså den slange-slangen, ikke vannslangen.

“And they reach just about as high as the snake's head, the snake's, mind you, not the water hose's.”

Og

o

and

CONJC

de

dem

3PL

PN

når
no:	r
reach	PRES
V

cirka

sirka

circa

ADVm

opp

op

upDIR

PREP

til

te

toDIR

PREP

hodet
hu:d	e
head	DEFSG
N

på

po

onDIRSRC

PREP

slangen
slanɡ	en
snake	DEFSG
N

altså

aso

that.isDM

ADVm

den

DEFSGCOMM

ART

slangeslangen
slanɡ	e	slanɡ	en
snake		snake	DEFSG
N

ikke

ik:e

not

ADVm

vannslangen
van:	slanɡ	en
water	hose	DEFSG
N

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Sentence 7

Ved siden av døra, så henger det fra taket, rett ned, en…en sånn lyspære.

“Beside the door, hanging straight down from the roof, there's a…you know, a light bulb.”

Ved

ve

byLOC

PREP

siden
si:d	en
side	DEFSG
N

av

ofPART

PREP

døra
dø:r	a
door	DEFSG
N

så

so

thenDM

CONJC

henger

henɡ

hangPRES

V

det

de

3SGNEUT

PN

fra

fromDIRSRC

PREP

taket
ta:k	e
ceiling	DEFSG
N

rett

ret:

straight

ADVm

ned

ne

down(wards)

ADVm

en

aINDEFSGCOMM

ART

en

aINDEFSGCOMM

ART

sånn

son:

DM

ADVm

lyspære
ly:s	pæ:r	e
light	bulb	INDEFSG
N

A phenomenon that is interesting relative to the sentence above is, how toneme 1 and toneme 2 is used in inflection. This is truly best documented by combining morphological annotation with speech annotation. Only the later allows a look at the actual pronunciation.

**Difference in tone contour as a result of inflection**
/ta:k+e/	/pæ:r+e/

Above we have screenshots of two of the words from the sentence, “taket” and “pære” in orthography, viewed in the Praat application. The latter word is part of a compound word, but for the sake of simplicity we can disregard this. The pitch is shown as a blue curve in the middle. Phonemically these words are transcribed /ta:k+e/ and /pæ:r+e/, where the suffix /e/ in the first word denotes definite singular (“the roof”) and in the second indefinite singular (“bulb”). It would seem we have two different morphemes that are realised by the same morph /e/, however, this is not the case. As we can see, the inflected words have different pitch contours, in /ta:k+e/ there is an HLH contour (the word has toneme 2), while in /pæ:r+e/ there is a LH contour (toneme 1). One way to analyse this is to say that the suffix /e/ in /ta:k+e/ carries an extra tone (or tone bearing unit) with it, while the suffix /e/ in /pæ:r+e/ does not. This means that the two suffixes are not phonologically the same.

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