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title: They proceeded to watch the nets and soon saw three Me·′megwe·‵s·i c… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: They proceeded to watch the nets and soon saw three Me·′megwe·‵s·i come out astride of an old log for a canoe, using sticks for paddles. Who acts: Indians, i. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Timagami Folk-lore., with its depende
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Timagami Folk-lore., sentence 75

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They proceeded to watch the nets and soon saw three Me·′megwe·‵s·i come out astride of an old log for a canoe, using sticks for paddles.

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**Who acts:** Indians, i · **What happens:** proceed, watch, see, come out, use · **To what, where:** nets, Me, sticks

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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 (Indians, i), 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:pg66509:19:75
# text = They proceeded to watch the nets and soon saw three Me·′megwe·‵s·i come out astride of an old log for a canoe, using sticks for paddles.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proceeded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nets	net	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nsubj	_	_
11	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	′	′	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	megwe	megwe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	‵	‵	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	s	's	PART	POS	Typo=Yes	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
21	out	out	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	astride	astride	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
32	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	paddles	paddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | past | Indians *= indian* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | Indians *= indian* *not said here* | the nets |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | past | Indians *= indian* *not said here* | Me |  |  |  | ′ megwe and ‵ *obl*; soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
| 4 | **come out** | present | i |  |  |  |  | astride a old log for a canoe; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **use** | gerund | Indians *= indian* *not said here* | sticks |  |  |  | for paddles | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent stick=Theme for paddle=Eventuality |

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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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