--- title: (1) Wi′ndigo 22 (2) Pa·′guk‵ 22 (3) Constellation Ursa Major 22 (4)… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: (1) Wi′ndigo 22 (2) Pa·′guk‵ 22 (3) Constellation Ursa Major 22 (4) Northern Lights 23 (5) Rainbow 23 (6) Milky Way 23 (7) White animals 24 (8) Dwarfed animals 24 (9) Partridge breast-bone as omen 24 (10) Wings of birds and skulls as amulets 24 (11) Blue bottle flies 25 (12) Rabbits’ hair thrown int --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/2/4/) [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/) / [Chapter I. PAGE](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/2/) / 4 # Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Chapter I. PAGE, sentence 4 (1) Wi′ndigo 22 (2) Pa·′guk‵ 22 (3) Constellation Ursa Major 22 (4) Northern Lights 23 (5) Rainbow 23 (6) Milky Way 23 (7) White animals 24 (8) Dwarfed animals 24 (9) Partridge breast-bone as omen 24 (10) Wings of birds and skulls as amulets 24 (11) Blue bottle flies 25 (12) Rabbits’ hair thrown into fire 25 (13) Fish bone 25 (14) Left-handed people 25 (15) Bear feast 25 (16) Legend of Iroquois Falls 26 **Who acts:** 24 Dwarfed animals, Wi, 14 handed people · **What happens:** bone, fly, throw, hand, feast · **To what, where:** 24 Wings, hair, fire, 25 Fish bone This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Chapter I. PAGE. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (24 Dwarfed animals, Wi, 14 handed people), 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:pg66509:2:4 # text = (1) Wi′ndigo 22 (2) Pa·′guk‵ 22 (3) Constellation Ursa Major 22 (4) Northern Lights 23 (5) Rainbow 23 (6) Milky Way 23 (7) White animals 24 (8) Dwarfed animals 24 (9) Partridge breast-bone as omen 24 (10) Wings of birds and skulls as amulets 24 (11) Blue bottle flies 25 (12) Rabbits’ hair thrown into fire 25 (13) Fish bone 25 (14) Left-handed people 25 (15) Bear feast 25 (16) Legend of Iroquois Falls 26 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Wi Wi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ′ ′ PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ndigo ndigo NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 22 22 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 flat _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ _ 11 Pa Pa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 · · PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ′ ′ NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 guk guk NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ‵ ‵ NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 16 22 22 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 flat _ _ 17 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ _ 20 Constellation constellation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 21 Ursa Ursa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Major Major PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:unmarked _ _ 23 22 22 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 nsubj _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 23 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ _ 27 Northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Lights Light PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 23 23 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 45 obl _ _ 30 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 33 Rainbow rainbow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 34 23 23 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 compound _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 38 Milky milky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 Way Way PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:unmarked _ _ 40 23 23 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 41 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ _ 44 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 46 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 47 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 48 punct _ _ 50 Dwarfed dwarfed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nsubj _ _ 52 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 51 flat _ _ 53 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 51 punct _ _ 56 Partridge partridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 57 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 parataxis _ _ 60 as as ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 omen omen NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 66 nummod _ _ 63 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 64 punct _ _ 66 Wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nmod _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 skulls skull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 conj _ _ 71 as as ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 amulets amulet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 conj _ _ 73 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 78 compound _ _ 74 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 75 punct _ _ 77 Blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 79 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 80 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 84 nummod _ _ 81 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 80 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 82 punct _ _ 84 Rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 86 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 85 ’ 's PART POS _ 84 case _ _ 86 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obj _ _ 87 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 86 acl _ _ 88 into into ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 89 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 obl _ _ 90 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 95 compound _ _ 91 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 92 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 92 13 13 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 90 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 93 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 92 punct _ _ 94 Fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 95 compound _ _ 95 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 obl:agent _ _ 96 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 95 flat _ _ 97 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 98 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 98 14 14 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 103 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 99 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 98 punct _ _ 100 Left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 102 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 101 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 100 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 102 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 103 amod _ _ 103 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 109 nsubj _ _ 104 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 103 flat _ _ 105 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 106 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 106 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 108 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 107 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 106 punct _ _ 108 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 109 compound _ _ 109 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 95 acl:relcl _ _ 110 25 25 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 109 flat _ _ 111 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 112 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 112 16 16 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 114 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 113 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 112 punct _ _ 114 Legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 117 nsubj _ _ 115 of of ADP IN _ 117 case _ _ 116 Iroquois Iroquois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 117 compound _ _ 117 Falls Falls PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 109 nmod _ _ 118 26 26 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 117 flat _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bone** | | 24 Dwarfed animals | 24 Wings of birds and skulls and amulets 24 Blue bottle | | | | as omen | tree rules | | 2 | **fly** | present | Wi Rainbow 23 White animals | 25 Rabbits's hair | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hair=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | participle | | 25 Rabbits's hair *not said here* | | | | into fire *result*; 25 Fish bone *obl:agent* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into fire=Result | | 4 | **hand** | participle | | | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **feast** | | 14 handed people | 25 Fish bone *not said here* | | | | of Iroquois Falls 16 Legend | tree rules | 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. 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. - ← previous: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/2/3/) - next →: [Chapter II., 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/3/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. PAGE](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/2/)