--- title: He said, “When you hear ‘Meat bird’ (Wiske·djak [52]) flying above y… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: He said, “When you hear ‘Meat bird’ (Wiske·djak [52]) flying above you, that means ‘Hurry’, for the Windigo is coming behind to catch you. Who acts: portage, you, djak, that. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. 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Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (portage, you, djak, that), 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:pg66509:18:11 # text = He said, “When you hear ‘Meat bird’ (Wiske·djak [52]) flying above you, that means ‘Hurry’, for the Windigo is coming behind to catch you. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 When when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Meat Meat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Wiske Wiske PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 · · PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 djak djak NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 52 52 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 20 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 21 above above ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 25 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Hurry hurry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Windigo Windigo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 35 behind behind ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | portage | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hear** *in a quote* | present | you | Meat bird | | | | Wiske *obl* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus | | 3 | **fly** *in a quote* | gerund | djak *not said here* | | | | | above you | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above you=Location | | 4 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hurry** *in a quote* | infinitive | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the Windigo | | | | | behind *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **catch** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Windigo *not said here* | you | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | 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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