--- title: There was an old woman up in this world who sat over a hole in the s… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: There was an old woman up in this world who sat over a hole in the sky, and, whenever she moved, she showed them the hole and said, “That’s where you came from.” Who acts: old woman, world, woman, That. 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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 (old woman, world, woman, That), 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:pg66509:14:17 # text = There was an old woman up in this world who sat over a hole in the sky, and, whenever she moved, she showed them the hole and said, “That’s where you came from.” 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be up** | past | a old woman | | | this world; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Location | | 2 | **sit** | past | this world | | | a hole in the sky | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over hole=Location | | 3 | **move** | past | woman | | | | | whenever *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **show** | past | woman | stars *= star* | | | | the hole *obj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient hole=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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