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title: It is important to note, in dealing with myths in this area, that th… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is important to note, in dealing with myths in this area, that the scenes of the trickster-transformer’s adventures always lay in well known localities within the territory of the band among which the story is told. Who acts: adventures, scenes. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskami
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., sentence 13

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It is important to note, in dealing with myths in this area, that the scenes of the trickster-transformer’s adventures always lay in well known localities within the territory of the band among which the story is told.

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**Who acts:** adventures, scenes · **What happens:** be, note, deal, lie in, know, tell · **To what, where:** area, known localities, story · **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 (adventures, scenes), 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:pg66509:4:13
# text = It is important to note, in dealing with myths in this area, that the scenes of the trickster-transformer’s adventures always lay in well known localities within the territory of the band among which the story is told.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	note	note	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	dealing	deal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	myths	myth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	scenes	scene	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod:poss	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	trickster	trickster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	transformer	transformer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	’s	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
24	adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
25	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	26	advmod	_	_
26	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
27	in	in	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
28	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	29	advmod	_	_
29	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	amod	_	_
30	localities	locality	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
31	within	within	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
37	among	among	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	42	obl	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | important *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **note** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **deal** | gerund |  |  |  | this area |  | with myths | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with myth=Theme |
| 4 | **lie in** | past | the scenes of the trickster transformer's adventures | known localities |  |  |  | within the territory of the band; always *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location locality=Theme |
| 5 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | the story |  |  |  | among the band | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 7 | **adventure** |  | the scenes of the trickster transformer |  |  |  |  |  | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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