--- title: There was a conjurer (mi·te′w), [49] whose name was Gitcikwe′we (“bu… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: There was a conjurer (mi·te′w), [49] whose name was Gitcikwe′we (“buzzing noise”), his wife Pi·dje′ʻkwe [50] and their children, camping at a lake in a wigwam. Who acts: conjurer, 49, we, Gitcikwe ′. 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 (conjurer, 49, we, Gitcikwe ′), 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:pg66509:18:2 # text = There was a conjurer (mi·te′w), [49] whose name was Gitcikwe′we (“buzzing noise”), his wife Pi·dje′ʻkwe [50] and their children, camping at a lake in a wigwam. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 conjurer conjurer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 mi mi NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 · · PUNCT NFP _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 te te NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ′ ′ NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 w w NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 49 49 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 14 punct _ _ 16 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 Gitcikwe Gitcikwe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ′ ′ NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 buzzing buzzing NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:desc _ _ 31 Pi Pi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 · · PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 dje dje X FW Foreign=Yes 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ′ ′ X FW Foreign=Yes 33 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ʻkwe ʻkwe NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 36 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 37 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 camping camp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a conjurer | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | 49 | Gitcikwe ′ | | | | Gitcikwe ′'s name *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **camp** | gerund | we | Gitcikwe ′ *not said here* | | a lake | | in a wigwam | vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ′=Theme at lake=Location | | 4 | **name** | | Gitcikwe ′ | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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. 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. - ← previous: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/18/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/18/3/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/18/)