--- title: And she, too, gave him a lynx bone and told him, as the other had do… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: And she, too, gave him a lynx bone and told him, as the other had done, that it would help him in time of need on his journey; and he started on again, doing the same at every lake, until it began to grow late in the day. Who acts: snack, other, trip, man. 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Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (snack, other, trip, man), 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:pg66509:15:160 # text = And she, too, gave him a lynx bone and told him, as the other had done, that it would help him in time of need on his journey; and he started on again, doing the same at every lake, until it began to grow late in the day. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 lynx lynx NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 37 on on ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obj _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 until until SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | snack | a lynx bone | man | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bone=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | snack *not said here* | | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | the other | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **help** | would | trip | | man | | time | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **start on** | past | man | | | | again | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **do** | gerund | man *not said here* | the same | | every lake | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality | | 7 | **begin** | past | trip | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **grow** | to-infinitive | trip *not said here* | | | | | late *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **journey** | | man | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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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