--- title: This is stuck upright in the ground near the fire and a series of li… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: This is stuck upright in the ground near the fire and a series of lines radiating from it are traced in the ashes or ground, each line being named for some game animal: moose, beaver, caribou, deer, bear, otter, martin, fisher, etc. Then, as the heat shrinks the sinew, it breaks the bone at the cut --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/19/55/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/) / [Timagami Folk-lore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/19/) / 55 # Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 55 This is stuck upright in the ground near the fire and a series of lines radiating from it are traced in the ashes or ground, each line being named for some game animal: moose, beaver, caribou, deer, bear, otter, martin, fisher, etc. Then, as the heat shrinks the sinew, it breaks the bone at the cut and the upper piece points along one of the lines marked. **Who acts:** This, lines, heat, kind, upper piece · **What happens:** be, radiate, trace, name, shrink, break · **To what, where:** ground, kind, ashes, line, sinew, bone 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 (This, lines, heat, kind), 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:pg66509:19:55 # text = This is stuck upright in the ground near the fire and a series of lines radiating from it are traced in the ashes or ground, each line being named for some game animal: moose, beaver, caribou, deer, bear, otter, martin, fisher, etc. Then, as the heat shrinks the sinew, it breaks the bone at the cut and the upper piece points along one of the lines marked. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 4 upright upright ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 16 radiating radiate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 traced trace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 33 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 moose moose NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 beaver beaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 caribou caribou NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 otter otter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 martin martin NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 fisher fisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 53 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 shrinks shrink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sinew sinew NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 at at ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 73 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 conj _ _ 74 along along ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 79 obl _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 obl _ _ 79 marked mark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | This | | | the ground near the fire and a series of lines | | stuck, upright *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **radiate** | gerund | lines *not said here* | | | kind | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from it=Source | | 3 | **trace** | present · passive | | | | the ashes or ground | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in ash=Destination | | 4 | **name** | gerund · passive | | each line | | | then | for some game animal | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **shrink** | present | the heat | the sinew | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sinew=Patient | | 6 | **break** | present | kind | the bone | | the cut | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient | | 7 | **point** | present | the upper piece | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **mark** | past | the upper piece *not said here* | | | | | along one; of the lines | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent along one=Destination | 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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