--- title: Knowing that he had killed the Loon and that the murder would soon b… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: Knowing that he had killed the Loon and that the murder would soon be discovered on the next day, he made ready to go on a hunting trip and told his old grandmother that he’d be back on the following evening. Who acts: Diver. 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Speck, Appendix: Notes on 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 (Diver), 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:pg66509:20:45 # text = Knowing that he had killed the Loon and that the murder would soon be discovered on the next day, he made ready to go on a hunting trip and told his old grandmother that he’d be back on the following evening. 1 Knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Loon Loon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 iobj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’d have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 amod _ _ 43 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | gerund | Diver *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | Diver | | | | the Loon *obl* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **discover** | would · passive | | the murder | | | day | soon *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **make** | past | Diver | | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | Diver *not said here* | | | a hunting trip | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on trip=Location | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Diver *not said here* | | Diver's old grandmother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grandmother=Recipient | | 7 | **have** | past | Diver | | | | evening | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | back *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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. 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/20/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/20/46/) - ↑ back to [Appendix: Notes on Timagami Folk-lore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/20/)