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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, girls, we), 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:pg66509:14:24 # text = One morning the old woman told the girls, “If you want to go down from where you came from, we will let you down, but get to work and gather roots to make a string-made rope, twisted. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 If if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 down down ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 23 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 gather gather VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 35 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 twisted twisted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the old woman | | the girls | | morning | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the girls *= girl* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **go down** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the girls *= girl* *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the girls *= girl* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **let down** *in a quote* | future | we | the girls *= girl* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | to work *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to work=Result | | 7 | **gather** *in a quote* | present | | roots | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Theme | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a made rope | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rope=Product | | 9 | **make** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | string *compound* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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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