--- title: When Gitcikwe′we heard this, he loaded his flint lock gun to shoot W… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: When Gitcikwe′we heard this, he loaded his flint lock gun to shoot Windigo, for he thought he had come back and was making the noise and concluded that that was the only way to get rid of him. Who acts: Gitcikwe ′, ′, that. 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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 (Gitcikwe ′, ′, 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:pg66509:18:31 # text = When Gitcikwe′we heard this, he loaded his flint lock gun to shoot Windigo, for he thought he had come back and was making the noise and concluded that that was the only way to get rid of him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 Gitcikwe Gitcikwe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ′ ′ NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 loaded load VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 11 flint flint NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 Windigo Windigo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 concluded conclude VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Gitcikwe ′ | this | | | | we *nsubj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **load** | past | ′ | ′'s flint lock gun | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gun=Theme | | 3 | **shoot** | to-infinitive | ′ *not said here* | Windigo | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent windigo=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | ′ | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **come back** | past | ′ | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** | past · progressive | ′ *not said here* | the noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 7 | **conclude** | past | ′ *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **is a** | past | that | the only way | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **get** | to-infinitive | ′ *not said here* | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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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