--- title: Wemicus said, “You say, ‘Fall on my father-in-law,’ and I’ll say, ‘F… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: Wemicus said, “You say, ‘Fall on my father-in-law,’ and I’ll say, ‘Fall on my son-in-law’, and whoever says it too slowly or makes a mistake will be the one on whom it will fall.” Who acts: Wemicus, You, whoever, mistake. 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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 (Wemicus, You, whoever, mistake), 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:pg66509:13:171 # text = Wemicus said, “You say, ‘Fall on my father-in-law,’ and I’ll say, ‘Fall on my son-in-law’, and whoever says it too slowly or makes a mistake will be the one on whom it will fall.” 1 Wemicus Wemicus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 too too ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 ccomp _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nmod _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wemicus | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **fall** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | on my father in law | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on father=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | Wemicus | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **fall** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | on my son; law *parataxis* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on son=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | whoever | tree | | | | slowly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | present | whoever *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | a mistake | the one | | | | whom *nmod* | tree rules | | 9 | **fall** *in a quote* | future | tree | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «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 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/13/170/) - next →: [sentence 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/13/172/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/13/)