--- title: So he ran about and kicked the rocks with the flints his grandmother… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: So he ran about and kicked the rocks with the flints his grandmother had given him, which were fastened to his feet, and water began flowing out and finally covered everything. Who acts: Ciŋgibis, water. 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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 (Ciŋgibis, water), 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:pg66509:14:186 # text = So he ran about and kicked the rocks with the flints his grandmother had given him, which were fastened to his feet, and water began flowing out and finally covered everything. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 with with SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 flints flint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 xcomp _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 finally finally ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 33 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run about** | past | Ciŋgibis | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kick** | past | Ciŋgibis *not said here* | the rocks | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent rock=Patient | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the flints | Ciŋgibis | | | Ciŋgibis's grandmother *nsubj:pass* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | | 4 | **fasten** | past · passive | | | | | | to Ciŋgibis's feet; which *nsubj:pass* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to foot=Co-Patient | | 5 | **begin** | past | water | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **flow out** | gerund | water *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cover** | participle | water *not said here* | everything | | | | finally *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme everything=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. 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 185](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/185/) - next →: [sentence 187](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/187/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/)