--- title: When they reached the fire they discovered that the hunter had rolle… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: When they reached the fire they discovered that the hunter had rolled himself up in the green hide to sleep, and during the night it had frozen around him and he had been unable to get out. Who acts: wives, hunter. 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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 (wives, 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:pg66509:17:163 # text = When they reached the fire they discovered that the hunter had rolled himself up in the green hide to sleep, and during the night it had frozen around him and he had been unable to get out. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 during during ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 29 around around ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 cop _ _ 35 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 out out ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | wives *= wife* | the fire | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | | 2 | **discover** | past | wives *= wife* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **roll up** | past · perfect · passive | | the hunter | | the green hide | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme himself=Result | | 4 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **freeze** | past · perfect · passive | | fire | | | night | around hunter | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 6 | **is** | past · perfect | hunter | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **get out** | to-infinitive | hunter *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=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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