--- title: [28] The Indians often had much trouble to get food in the winter an… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: [28] The Indians often had much trouble to get food in the winter and looked forward eagerly to spring, when the ice leaves the rivers, making “open water,” thus enabling them to seek new hunting places. Who acts: Indians, 28, ice, foods. 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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 (Indians, 28, ice, foods), 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:pg66509:21:75 # text = [28] The Indians often had much trouble to get food in the winter and looked forward eagerly to spring, when the ice leaves the rivers, making “open water,” thus enabling them to seek new hunting places. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 28 28 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Indians Indian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 often often ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 12 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 forward forward ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 eagerly eagerly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 36 thus thus ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 enabling enable VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Indians | 28 | | | | much trouble *obj*; often *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | 28 *not said here* | food | | | winter | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus | | 3 | **look** | past | the Indians *not said here* | | | | spring | eagerly, forward *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **leave** | present | the ice | the rivers | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Theme | | 5 | **make** | gerund | the ice *not said here* | open water | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset water=Product | | 6 | **enable** | gerund | the ice *not said here* | foods *= food* | | | | thus *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **seek** | to-infinitive | foods *= food* *not said here* | new hunting places | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=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. 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