--- title: As he lay on the ground he saw the scabs and said, “These Indians wi… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: As he lay on the ground he saw the scabs and said, “These Indians will call this wa·′kwαní [16] and when they go hungry they can make soup for themselves, these Ojibwa, forever.” Who acts: ′, Indians. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. 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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 (′, Indians), 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:pg66509:11:134 # text = As he lay on the ground he saw the scabs and said, “These Indians will call this wa·′kwαní [16] and when they go hungry they can make soup for themselves, these Ojibwa, forever.” 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 scabs scab NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 wa wa NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 · · PUNCT NFP _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ′ ′ X FW Foreign=Yes 23 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 23 kwαní kwαní NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 24 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 35 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 Ojibwa Ojibwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 forever forever ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | ′ | | | the ground | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | ′ | the scabs | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scab=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ′ *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **call** *in a quote* | future | this Indians | this wa | | | | this Ojibwa *obl*; ′ kwαní *conj*; forever *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wa=Recipient | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | present | Indians *= indian* | | | | | hungry *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | can | Indians *= indian* | soup | | | | for Scabs *= scab* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent soup=Material for themselves=Beneficiary | 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. 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. - ← previous: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/135/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/)