--- title: When the man reached the shore, Wemicus told him to go farther back… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: When the man reached the shore, Wemicus told him to go farther back on the island, saying, “That’s where the former husbands got their eggs, there are their bones.” Who acts: man, Wemicus, former husbands, bones. 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Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, Wemicus, former husbands, bones), 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:pg66509:13:150 # text = When the man reached the shore, Wemicus told him to go farther back on the island, saying, “That’s where the former husbands got their eggs, there are their bones.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 Wemicus Wemicus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 husbands husband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | the man | the shore | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent shore=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Wemicus | | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Wemicus *not said here* | | | the island | | far *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Wemicus *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | past | the former husbands | husbands's eggs | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer egg=Stimulus | | 6 | **does** *in a quote* | present | eggs's bones | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/13/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/13/151/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/13/)