--- title: He couldn’t shoot them with his arrow as they were too far away, nor… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: He couldn’t shoot them with his arrow as they were too far away, nor was there any place where he could hide himself until they came to sun themselves by the shore, when they felt too cold in the water. Who acts: f, Lions. 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Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (f, Lions), 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:pg66509:12:5 # text = He couldn’t shoot them with his arrow as they were too far away, nor was there any place where he could hide himself until they came to sun themselves by the shore, when they felt too cold in the water. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 csubj _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 17 cc _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 19 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 21 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 until until SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 31 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 nmod _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 too too ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **shoot** | could | f | Lions *= lion* | | | | with f's arrow | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with arrow=Instrument | | 2 | **is** | past | Lions *= lion* | | | | | away, far *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | | any place | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hide** | could | f | f | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 5 | **come** | past | Lions *= lion* | | | | | by the shore; sun Lions *nsubj* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by shore=Location | | 6 | **feel** | past | Lions *= lion* | | | | | in the water; cold *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in water=Attribute | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/12/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/12/6/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/12/)