--- title: Not long after this Skunk started out to visit Wemicus and, on his w… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: Not long after this Skunk started out to visit Wemicus and, on his way, he passed the three stumps which Wemicus had blown up and knew that he had no more shots left. Who acts: Skunk, Wemicus. 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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Skunk, 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:pg66509:13:90 # text = Not long after this Skunk started out to visit Wemicus and, on his way, he passed the three stumps which Wemicus had blown up and knew that he had no more shots left. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 after after SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 Skunk Skunk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 Wemicus Wemicus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 stumps stump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 Wemicus Wemicus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 32 no no ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 amod _ _ 34 shots shot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start out** | past | this Skunk | | | | | long *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | this Skunk *not said here* | Wemicus and Wemicus's way | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wemicus=Co-Agent | | 3 | **pass** | past | Wemicus | the three stumps | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stump=Trajectory | | 4 | **blow up** | past · perfect · passive | | the three stumps | | | | Wemicus *nsubj* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **know** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** | past | Wemicus | more shots | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shot=Patient | | 7 | **leave** | participle | | more shots *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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. 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