--- title: The girl dreamed of the sun, so she could not look at the sun any mo… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: The girl dreamed of the sun, so she could not look at the sun any more, for if she did so, she would have to go away from her parents and live with the sun. When the girl had had this dream, she went back to her parents and her father asked her, “What have you been dreaming?” Who acts: girl, father. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/) / [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Oj…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/) / 12 # Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 1, sentence 12 The girl dreamed of the sun, so she could not look at the sun any more, for if she did so, she would have to go away from her parents and live with the sun. When the girl had had this dream, she went back to her parents and her father asked her, “What have you been dreaming?” **Who acts:** girl, father · **What happens:** dream, not look, do, have, go away, live · **To what, where:** dream, girl · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, father), 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:pg66509:11:12 # text = The girl dreamed of the sun, so she could not look at the sun any more, for if she did so, she would have to go away from her parents and live with the sun. When the girl had had this dream, she went back to her parents and her father asked her, “What have you been dreaming?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 any any ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sun. sun. NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 45 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 back back ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 56 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 “ " PUNCT `` _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 61 obj _ _ 61 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 63 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 aux _ _ 64 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ? ? PUNCT . _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ” " PUNCT '' _ 64 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** | past | the girl | | | | | of the sun | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **look** | could | girl | | | | | at the sun | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sun=Theme | | 3 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | girl | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | would | girl | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go away** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | from girl's parents; away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from parent=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **live** | present | girl *not said here* | | | | | with the sun. | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with sun.=Location | | 7 | **have** | past · perfect | the girl | this dream | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient | | 8 | **go back** | past | girl | | | | | to girl's parents *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to parent=Result | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | girl's father | | girl | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **dream** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=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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