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title: The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a line running from the leader to a pin stuck in the bait. Who acts: line. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Phonetic Key., with its dependency tree and the pragmat
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Phonetic Key., sentence 101

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The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a line running from the leader to a pin stuck in the bait.

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**Who acts:** line · **What happens:** tie, keep, run, stick · **To what, where:** bait, hook, leader, pin

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This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Phonetic Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (line), 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:pg66509:21:101
# text = The bait was tied to the hook, which later was kept horizontal by a line running from the leader to a pin stuck in the bait.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bait	bait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
10	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	horizontal	horizontal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	xcomp	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
24	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	bait	bait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past · passive |  | the bait |  |  |  | to the hook | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to hook=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | past · passive | a line | the hook |  |  |  | horizontal *xcomp*; late *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 3 | **run** | gerund | a line *not said here* |  |  | the leader |  | to a pin | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to pin=Destination |
| 4 | **stick** | participle |  | a pin *not said here* |  | the bait |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in bait=Destination |

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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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