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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), 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:pg66509:13:92 # text = When he came to the wigwam, he found that Wemicus and his family had hardly any meat left, so he said to Wemicus, “Come out and let me see your fence.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 Wemicus Wemicus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 16 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Wemicus Wemicus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 29 out out ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Wemicus | | | the wigwam | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wigwam=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **find** | past | Wemicus | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | Wemicus and Wemicus's family | any meat | | | | hardly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | | 4 | **leave** | participle | | any meat *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wemicus | | Wemicus | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wemicus=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **come out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Wemicus | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | Wemicus *not said here* | your fence | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fence=Stimulus | 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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