--- title: “One Indian told me a few incidents about Whisky Jack (Anglicised fo… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: “One Indian told me a few incidents about Whisky Jack (Anglicised form of native Wiske·djak) and ended by saying that he had seen the outline of that strange personage imprinted on a rock along the Ottawa river. Who acts: Bark. 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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 (Bark), 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:pg66509:20:9 # text = “One Indian told me a few incidents about Whisky Jack (Anglicised form of native Wiske·djak) and ended by saying that he had seen the outline of that strange personage imprinted on a rock along the Ottawa river. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 incidents incident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 Whisky Whisky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Anglicised anglicise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Wiske Wiske PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 · · PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 djak djak NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 14 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 by by SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 outline outline NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 33 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 personage personage NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 imprinted imprint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 along along ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Ottawa Ottawa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | a few incidents | me | | | about Whisky Jack | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient incident=Topic | | 2 | **anglicise** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **end** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Bark | the outline of that strange personage | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer outline=Stimulus | | 6 | **imprint** *in a quote* | participle | | that strange personage *not said here* | | a rock | | along the Ottawa river | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on rock=Destination | | 7 | **form** *in a quote* | | | native Wiske and djak | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/20/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/20/10/) - ↑ back to [Appendix: Notes on Timagami Folk-lore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/20/)