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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 (Iroquois, Americans), 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:pg66509:18:45 # text = “The Iroquois used to come here to fight the Ojibwa because the Americans had driven them from their homes in the States and the Iroquois had to seek new countries beyond the settlements in the North. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Iroquois Iroquois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Ojibwa Ojibwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Americans American PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Iroquois Iroquois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 settlements settlement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** *in a quote* | past | the Iroquois | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Iroquois *not said here* | | | here | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fight** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Iroquois *not said here* | the Ojibwa | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ojibwa=Co-Agent | | 4 | **drive** *in a quote* | past · perfect | the Americans | paddles *= paddle* | | paddles's homes in the States | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from home=Trajectory | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the Iroquois | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **seek** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Iroquois *not said here* | new countries | | the settlements in the North | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent country=Theme beyond settlement=Location | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/18/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/18/46/) - ↑ back to [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/18/)