--- title: His grandfather told him that he had kept him at home so that when h… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: His grandfather told him that he had kept him at home so that when he became old and feeble Nenebuc would be able to help him, cut wood for him, and hunt for him. Who acts: grandfather, Nenebuc. 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 (grandfather, Nenebuc), 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:pg66509:11:48 # text = His grandfather told him that he had kept him at home so that when he became old and feeble Nenebuc would be able to help him, cut wood for him, and hunt for him. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 16 mark _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 feeble feeble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 20 Nenebuc Nenebuc PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | grandfather's grandfather | | One | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **keep** | past · perfect · passive | | grandfather | | home | | One *obj* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme he=Attribute | | 3 | **become** | past | grandfather | | | | | old *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | would | Nenebuc | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **help** | to-infinitive | Nenebuc *not said here* | | grandfather | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 6 | **cut** | past | | wood | | | | for grandfather | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent wood=Product for he=Beneficiary | | 7 | **hunt** | infinitive | | | | | | for grandfather | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for he=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/49/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/11/)