--- title: This man’s wife, the daughter of Wemicus, had had a great many husba… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: This man’s wife, the daughter of Wemicus, had had a great many husbands, because Wemicus had put them to so many different tests that they had been all killed off except this one. Who acts: wife. 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 (wife), 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:pg66509:13:97 # text = This man’s wife, the daughter of Wemicus, had had a great many husbands, because Wemicus had put them to so many different tests that they had been all killed off except this one. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Wemicus Wemicus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 husbands husband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 because because SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 Wemicus Wemicus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 21 xcomp _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 tests test NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 except except ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past · perfect | this man's wife and the daughter of Wemicus | a great many husbands | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Patient | | 2 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | | Wemicus | | | | husbands *= husband* *obj*; many different tests *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **kill off** | past · perfect · passive | | tests *= test* | | | | except this one; all *property* | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP.instrument V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/13/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/13/98/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/13/)