--- title: They put the wigwam in order and Wemicus fixed up a big pine like th… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: They put the wigwam in order and Wemicus fixed up a big pine like that belonging to Meme and cut two pieces of wood, which he pointed and shoved into his nose to imitate Meme. Who acts: potatoes, that, Wemicus. 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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 (potatoes, that, Wemicus), 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:pg66509:13:44 # text = They put the wigwam in order and Wemicus fixed up a big pine like that belonging to Meme and cut two pieces of wood, which he pointed and shoved into his nose to imitate Meme. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 Wemicus Wemicus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 like like SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 16 belonging belong VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Meme Meme PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 shoved shove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 imitate imitate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 Meme Meme PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | potatoes *= potato* | the wigwam | | order | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wigwam=Theme in order=Destination | | 2 | **fix up** | participle · passive | | Wemicus | | | | a big pine *obj* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary pine=Product | | 3 | **belong** | gerund | that | | Meme | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cut** | past | potatoes *= potato* *not said here* | two pieces of wood | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset piece=Product | | 5 | **point** | past | Wemicus | two pieces of wood | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 6 | **shove** | past | Wemicus *not said here* | | | Meme's nose | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent into nose=Trajectory | | 7 | **imitate** | to-infinitive | Wemicus *not said here* | Meme | | | | | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meme=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. 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