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title: [47] They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: [47] They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast him, saving all the bones from the dogs in order to throw them into the lake, as they thought that there would be just as many beavers there again in the autumn as the number of bones thrown in. Who acts: fish. A sentence of «Myths 
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Phonetic Key., sentence 108

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\[47\] They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast him, saving all the bones from the dogs in order to throw them into the lake, as they thought that there would be just as many beavers there again in the autumn as the number of bones thrown in.

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**Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** use, suspend, swing, roast, save, throw · **To what, where:** 47, beaver, bones, order, fish, lake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (fish), 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:pg66509:21:108
# text = [47] They used to suspend the beaver by a swinging string and roast him, saving all the bones from the dogs in order to throw them into the lake, as they thought that there would be just as many beavers there again in the autumn as the number of bones thrown in.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	47	47	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	suspend	suspend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beaver	beaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	swinging	swing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	roast	roast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
29	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	into	into	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
35	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
37	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
38	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	40	expl	_	_
39	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	cop	_	_
41	just	just	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
42	as	as	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	beavers	beaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	ccomp	_	_
45	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	44	advmod	_	_
46	again	again	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
50	as	as	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	_
55	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	acl	_	_
56	in	in	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | fish | 47 |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **suspend** | to-infinitive | fish *not said here* | the beaver |  |  |  | by a swinging string | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent beaver=Theme by string=Destination |
| 3 | **swing** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **roast** | infinitive | fish *not said here* | beaver |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 5 | **save** | gerund | fish *not said here* | all bones |  | order |  | from the dogs | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bone=Theme from dog=Source |
| 6 | **throw** | to-infinitive | fish *not said here* | fish |  |  |  | into the lake *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into lake=Result |
| 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | fish |  |  |  | again; autumn |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is a** | infinitive |  | many beavers |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **throw** | participle |  | bones *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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