--- title: [39] It is the custom for a hunter returning to hand his game bag to… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: [39] It is the custom for a hunter returning to hand his game bag to his wife before he enters the wigwam, without speaking, so that she can see for herself whether he has had good luck or not. Who acts: hole, hunter, ice, wife. 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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 (hole, hunter, ice, wife), 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:pg66509:21:92 # text = [39] It is the custom for a hunter returning to hand his game bag to his wife before he enters the wigwam, without speaking, so that she can see for herself whether he has had good luck or not. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 39 39 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 returning return VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 before before SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 enters enter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wigwam wigwam NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 without without SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 33 mark _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obl _ _ 36 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 parataxis _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | hole | the custom | | | | for a hunter | tree rules | | 2 | **return** | gerund | a hunter *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hand** | to-infinitive | a hunter *not said here* | ice's game bag | ice's wife | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme to wife=Destination | | 4 | **enter** | present | ice | the wigwam | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wigwam=Destination | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | a hunter *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** | can | wife | | | | | for wife | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **have** | present · perfect | ice | good luck | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/21/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/21/93/) - ↑ back to [Phonetic Key.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/21/)