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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 (canoes, one, Ciŋgibis, 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:pg66509:14:99 # text = When they saw him, one of the girls said, “He is a very ugly man, but we will go in his canoe and, when we get to the village, we’ll get rid of him.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 39 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | canoes *= canoe* | Ciŋgibis | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one of the girls | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ciŋgibis | a ugly man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | future | we | | | Ciŋgibis's canoe | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in canoe=Location | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | to the village *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to village=Result | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | future | we | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/100/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/14/)