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title: The yellow spots seen on the red of the bark are where Wiske·djak, i… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: The yellow spots seen on the red of the bark are where Wiske·djak, in walking over them, got them between his legs and left yellow matter in the blood from the scabs. Who acts: yellow spots, Wiske djak. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. 
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Phonetic Key., sentence 44

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The yellow spots seen on the red of the bark are where Wiske·djak, in walking over them, got them between his legs and left yellow matter in the blood from the scabs.

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**Who acts:** yellow spots, Wiske djak · **What happens:** see, be, walk, get · **To what, where:** yellow spots, red, Wiske djak, spots

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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 (yellow spots, Wiske djak), 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:pg66509:21:44
# text = The yellow spots seen on the red of the bark are where Wiske·djak, in walking over them, got them between his legs and left yellow matter in the blood from the scabs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
4	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
13	Wiske	Wiske	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	djak	djak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
19	over	over	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	between	between	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
29	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	from	from	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	scabs	scab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | participle |  | the yellow spots *not said here* |  | the red |  | of the bark | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the yellow spots | Wiske djak |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk** | gerund | Wiske djak *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over spots *= spot* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over they=Trajectory |
| 4 | **get** | past | the yellow spots *not said here* | spots *= spot* |  |  |  | between ′'s legs and left yellow matter in the blood from the scabs | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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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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