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title: Another idea connected with the whippoorwill’s cry is that it is the… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Another idea connected with the whippoorwill’s cry is that it is the signal cry of the Iroquois (Ma′djina‵dowes·i “bad Iroquois,” referring to the tribes of the League as distinct from those of Caughnawaga) and that it indicates the proximity of enemies. Who acts: idea, bad Iroquois, whippoorwill. A
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 23

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Another idea connected with the whippoorwill’s cry is that it is the signal cry of the Iroquois (Ma′djina‵dowes·i “bad Iroquois,” referring to the tribes of the League as distinct from those of Caughnawaga) and that it indicates the proximity of enemies.

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**Who acts:** idea, bad Iroquois, whippoorwill · **What happens:** connect, be, iroquois, refer, indicate, cry · **To what, where:** idea, signal cry, proximity · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Timagami Folk-lore.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (idea, bad Iroquois, whippoorwill), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg66509:19:23
# text = Another idea connected with the whippoorwill’s cry is that it is the signal cry of the Iroquois (Ma′djina‵dowes·i “bad Iroquois,” referring to the tribes of the League as distinct from those of Caughnawaga) and that it indicates the proximity of enemies.
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
3	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	whippoorwill	whippoorwill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	’s	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	signal	signal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Iroquois	Iroquois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	Ma	Ma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	′	′	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	djina	djina	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	‵	‵	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	dowes	dowe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
27	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	Iroquois	iroquois	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	29	punct	_	_
32	referring	refer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	29	acl	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	League	League	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	as	as	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	obl	_	_
41	from	from	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	40	conj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Caughnawaga	Caughnawaga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	42	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
47	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
48	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	proximity	proximity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **connect** | participle |  | another idea *not said here* |  |  |  | with the whippoorwill's cry | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with cry=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **be** *speech: express* | present | another idea | the signal cry and dowes and bad Iroquois |  |  |  | of the Iroquois; dowes *conj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **iroquois** *in a quote* |  | another idea *= idea* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **refer** | gerund | bad Iroquois *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the tribes of the League; as distinct from those of Caughnawaga | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to tribe=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **indicate** | present | idea | the proximity of enemies |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot proximity=Topic |
| 6 | **cry** |  | the whippoorwill |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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