--- title: The Indians then took a knife from this fairy and the rest disappear… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: The Indians then took a knife from this fairy and the rest disappeared, riding their log through the rock wall to the inside, where they could be heard crying, as this was where they lived. Who acts: Indians, rest, this. 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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, rest, this), 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:pg66509:19:80 # text = The Indians then took a knife from this fairy and the rest disappeared, riding their log through the rock wall to the inside, where they could be heard crying, as this was where they lived. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 inside inside NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 parataxis _ _ 31 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the Indians | a knife | | | then | from this fairy | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent knife=Theme from fairy=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **disappear** | past | the rest | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ride** | gerund | the rest *not said here* | Indians's log | | the rock wall | | to the inside | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent log=Theme through wall=Trajectory | | 4 | **hear** | could · passive | | Indians *= indian* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | Indians *= indian* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | this | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | past | Indians *= indian* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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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