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title: The Rainbow is called wədα′dgwanəbi·sanʻ “forms from the water,” sin… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Rainbow is called wədα′dgwanəbi·sanʻ “forms from the water,” since the phenomenon is believed to be caused by the mist from breakers on some great body of water, just as a rainbow will appear above the spray along the seashore or hanging in the mist above some waterfalls. Who acts: mist, rainbow
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Timiskaming Folk-lore., sentence 24

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The Rainbow is called wədα′dgwanəbi·sanʻ “forms from the water,” since the phenomenon is believed to be caused by the mist from breakers on some great body of water, just as a rainbow will appear above the spray along the seashore or hanging in the mist above some waterfalls.

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**Who acts:** mist, rainbow · **What happens:** call, believe, cause, appear, hang · **To what, where:** Rainbow, phenomenon, breakers, spray, mist · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. 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 (mist, rainbow), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66509:10:24
# text = The Rainbow is called wədα′dgwanəbi·sanʻ “forms from the water,” since the phenomenon is believed to be caused by the mist from breakers on some great body of water, just as a rainbow will appear above the spray along the seashore or hanging in the mist above some waterfalls.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	wədα	wədα	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	′	′	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	dgwanəbi	dgwanəbi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	sanʻ	sanʻ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	appos	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
17	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
23	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	xcomp	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	breakers	breaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
30	on	on	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	33	det	_	_
32	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
37	just	just	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
38	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
41	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	appear	appear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	parataxis	_	_
43	above	above	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	spray	spray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	along	along	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	seashore	seashore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
49	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	48	conj	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
54	above	above	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	56	det	_	_
56	waterfalls	waterfall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | the Rainbow |  |  |  | wədα *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **believe** | present · passive |  | the phenomenon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cause** | to-infinitive · passive | the mist |  |  | breakers on some great body of water |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 4 | **appear** | future | a rainbow |  |  | the spray |  | along the seashore | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above spray=Location |
| 5 | **hang** | gerund | a rainbow *not said here* |  |  | the mist above some waterfalls |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in mist=Location |

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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.

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**Text:** «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Project Gutenberg book 66509 (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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