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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 (children), 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:pg66509:18:13 # text = They reached the other end of the portage and got into the canoe and paddled out to one of the islands to a place where the end of the portage, from which they had just come out, was lost to view. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 portage portage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 paddled paddle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 portage portage NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obl _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 just just ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 38 out out ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 view view VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | children *= child* | the other end of the portage | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent end=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | | | the canoe | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into canoe=Destination | | 3 | **paddle out** | participle | children *= child* *not said here* | | one of the islands to a place | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to one=Trajectory | | 4 | **come out** | past · perfect | children *= child* | | | the portage | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **lose** | past · passive | | the end of the portage | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **view** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: 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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