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title: The lines sometimes also are used to denote the direction to be foll… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: The lines sometimes also are used to denote the direction to be followed to get the animals designated. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Timagami Folk-lore., with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 57

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The lines sometimes also are used to denote the direction to be followed to get the animals designated.

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**What happens:** use, denote, follow, get, designate · **To what, where:** lines, direction, animals

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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: 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:pg66509:19:57
# text = The lines sometimes also are used to denote the direction to be followed to get the animals designated.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	denote	denote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | the lines |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **denote** | to-infinitive |  | the direction |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot direction=Topic |
| 3 | **follow** | to-infinitive · passive |  | the direction *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V» |
| 4 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | the animals |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus |
| 5 | **designate** | participle |  | the animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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