--- title: When the ice chisel became red hot, the old grandmother said, “Say,… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: When the ice chisel became red hot, the old grandmother said, “Say, Ciŋgibis, don’t do any mischief again,” but Ciŋgibis picked up the chisel and ran away with it to the wigwam of Loon. Who acts: ice chisel, old grandmother, Ciŋgibis. 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Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ice chisel, old grandmother, Ciŋgibis), 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:pg66509:14:156 # text = When the ice chisel became red hot, the old grandmother said, “Say, Ciŋgibis, don’t do any mischief again,” but Ciŋgibis picked up the chisel and ran away with it to the wigwam of Loon. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 chisel chisel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Say say INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Ciŋgibis Ciŋgibis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 20 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 22 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 Ciŋgibis Ciŋgibis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 chisel chisel NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Loon Loon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the ice chisel | | | | | hot *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old grandmother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | Ciŋgibis | any mischief | | | again | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mischief=Eventuality | | 4 | **pick up** | past | Ciŋgibis | the chisel | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chisel=Topic | | 5 | **run away** | past | Ciŋgibis *not said here* | | | the wigwam of Loon | | with mischief; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to wigwam=Destination | 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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