--- title: The fisher is still trying to reach it and he is the nearest, but he… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: The fisher is still trying to reach it and he is the nearest, but he only keeps going round and round it (representing the revolution of the constellation about the North Star) without being able to get there. Who acts: fisher, animal, constellation. 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Speck, Timiskaming Folk-lore.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fisher, animal, constellation), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg66509:10:16 # text = The fisher is still trying to reach it and he is the nearest, but he only keeps going round and round it (representing the revolution of the constellation about the North Star) without being able to get there. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fisher fisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 20 round round ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 round round ADV RB _ 20 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 representing represent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 revolution revolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 constellation constellation NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Star Star PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ _ 36 without without SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 cop _ _ 38 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | the fisher | | | | still | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **reach** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the fisher *not said here* | fisher | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | animal | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** | present | animal | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | gerund | animal *not said here* | fisher | | | | round *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 6 | **represent** | gerund | animal *not said here* | the revolution of the constellation about the North Star | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot revolution=Theme | | 7 | **is** | gerund | animal *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **get** | to-infinitive | animal *not said here* | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **revolt** | | the constellation about the North Star | | | | | | nom revolution «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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:** «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. 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