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title: But the boy started to swim nevertheless, saying, “Koga′miko” (“swal… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: But the boy started to swim nevertheless, saying, “Koga′miko” (“swallowed in the water”) with each stroke that his arms took. Who acts: boy, arms. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 6, sentence 142

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But the boy started to swim nevertheless, saying, “Koga′miko” (“swallowed in the water”) with each stroke that his arms took.

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**Who acts:** boy, arms · **What happens:** start, swim, say, swallow, take · **To what, where:** Koga ′ miko, water, stroke · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. 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 (boy, arms), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66509:16:142
# text = But the boy started to swim nevertheless, saying, “Koga′miko” (“swallowed in the water”) with each stroke that his arms took.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Koga	Koga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	′	′	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	miko	miko	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	26	det	_	_
26	stroke	stroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
30	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | the boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **swim** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nevertheless *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with each stroke; Koga ′ miko *ccomp* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with stroke=Manner |
| 4 | **swallow** *in a quote* | participle |  | Koga ′ miko *not said here* |  | the water |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **take** | past | water's arms | each stroke *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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