--- title: So he kept on walking and the only tree that did not answer promptly… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: So he kept on walking and the only tree that did not answer promptly was the black spruce, and that said, “I’m Se·′se·ga‵ndαk” (black spruce). Who acts: Cedar, only tree, that, I. 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 (Cedar, only tree, that, I), 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:pg66509:11:163 # text = So he kept on walking and the only tree that did not answer promptly was the black spruce, and that said, “I’m Se·′se·ga‵ndαk” (black spruce). 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 walking walking NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 promptly promptly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 spruce spruce NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 Se Se PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 · · PUNCT NFP _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ′ ′ NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 se se NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 · · PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ga ga X GW ExtPos=PROPN 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ‵ ‵ X GW _ 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ndαk ndαk NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 36 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 spruce spruce NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | Cedar | | | walking | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on walking=Location | | 2 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the only tree | | | | | promptly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | the only tree | the black spruce | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | that | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | present | I | Se | | | | ′ se *obl* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot se=Theme | 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 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/162/) - next →: [sentence 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/164/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/)