--- title: His pursuer had a bow and arrow with which he was going to kill him,… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: His pursuer had a bow and arrow with which he was going to kill him, but the Fisher sprang into the sky and climbed way up, with the hunter following behind him, still trying to shoot him with his bow and arrow. Who acts: pursuer, pitch, Fisher, hunter. 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Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pursuer, pitch, Fisher, hunter), 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:pg66509:16:114 # text = His pursuer had a bow and arrow with which he was going to kill him, but the Fisher sprang into the sky and climbed way up, with the hunter following behind him, still trying to shoot him with his bow and arrow. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 pursuer pursuer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Fisher Fisher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 up up ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 behind behind ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 still still ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | pitch's pursuer | a bow and arrow | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Patient | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | pitch | | | | | with arrow | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **kill** | to-infinitive | pitch *not said here* | pitch | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **spring** | past | the Fisher | | | the sky | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sky=Destination | | 5 | **climb up** | past | the Fisher *not said here* | way | | | | with the hunter | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location way=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | gerund | the hunter *not said here* | | | | | behind pitch | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind he=Location | | 7 | **try** | gerund | the Fisher *not said here* | | | | still | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **shoot** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Fisher *not said here* | pitch | | | | with pitch's bow and arrow | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with bow=Instrument | 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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