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title: One day he saw a track where the snow was melted, and after a while… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: One day he saw a track where the snow was melted, and after a while he decided to set his snares there and catch the animal that made the tracks. Who acts: boy, animal. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the 
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 7, sentence 69

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One day he saw a track where the snow was melted, and after a while he decided to set his snares there and catch the animal that made the tracks.

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**Who acts:** boy, animal · **What happens:** see, melt, decide, set, catch, make · **To what, where:** track, snow, snares, animal, tracks

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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 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, animal), 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:pg66509:17:69
# text = One day he saw a track where the snow was melted, and after a while he decided to set his snares there and catch the animal that made the tracks.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	snares	snare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
23	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | boy | a track |  |  | day |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer track=Stimulus |
| 2 | **melt** | past · passive |  | the snow |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 3 | **decide** | past | boy |  |  |  | while |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **set** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | boy's snares |  | there |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient snare=Result |
| 5 | **catch** | infinitive | boy *not said here* | the animal |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |
| 6 | **make** | past | the animal | the tracks |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset track=Product |
| 7 | **snare** |  | boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom snare «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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