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title: At Timagami, for instance, he is called Nenebuc or wi·ske·′; at Matt… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: At Timagami, for instance, he is called Nenebuc or wi·ske·′; at Mattagami, he is We·′micuze·‵hwa or Nenebuc. Who acts: Timagami, We. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., with its dep
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., sentence 10

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At Timagami, for instance, he is called Nenebuc or wi·ske·′; at Mattagami, he is We·′micuze·‵hwa or Nenebuc.

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**Who acts:** Timagami, We · **What happens:** call, be, hwa · **To what, where:** Timagami, We, Mattagami · **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, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Timagami, We), 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:pg66509:4:10
# text = At Timagami, for instance, he is called Nenebuc or wi·ske·′; at Mattagami, he is We·′micuze·‵hwa or Nenebuc.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Timagami	Timagami	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	Nenebuc	Nenebuc	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	ske	ske	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	′	′	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Mattagami	Mattagami	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	′	′	X	FW	_	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	micuze	micuze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	‵	‵	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	hwa	hwa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	Nenebuc	Nenebuc	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | Timagami |  | Timagami |  | for instance; Nenebuc  ′ or wi *xcomp* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for instance=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Timagami | We |  |  |  | ′ micuze *conj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hwa** |  | We |  |  | Mattagami |  | Nenebuc *conj* | tree rules |

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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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