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Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, wife), 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:pg66509:17:159 # text = He was gone all day and by night he had not returned, so his wife began to think that possibly he had shot a moose, but, as he had taken his axe with him, he might have cut himself in some way. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 ccomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 moose moose NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 42 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | man | | | | day | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **return** | past · perfect | man | | | | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | man's wife | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | man's wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **shoot** | past · perfect · passive | | man | | | | a moose *obj*; possibly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination moose=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past · perfect | man | man's axe | | | | with Story | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme | | 7 | **cut** | might · perfect · passive | | man | | some way | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary himself=Product | 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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