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title: The Calumet chutes are below Allumette island in Ottawa river; they… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Calumet chutes are below Allumette island in Ottawa river; they are called Apwa′ganiba‵utək “Pipe rapids,” because the stone at that place is suitable for making pipes and was there sought by the Indians for this purpose. Who acts: Calumet chutes, stone, Indians. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lo
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., sentence 19

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The Calumet chutes are below Allumette island in Ottawa river; they are called Apwa′ganiba‵utək “Pipe rapids,” because the stone at that place is suitable for making pipes and was there sought by the Indians for this purpose.

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**Who acts:** Calumet chutes, stone, Indians · **What happens:** be, call, make, seek · **To what, where:** Allumette island, chutes, pipes · **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 (Calumet chutes, stone, Indians), 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:pg66509:4:19
# text = The Calumet chutes are below Allumette island in Ottawa river; they are called Apwa′ganiba‵utək “Pipe rapids,” because the stone at that place is suitable for making pipes and was there sought by the Indians for this purpose.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Calumet	calumet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chutes	chute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	below	below	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Allumette	Allumette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Ottawa	Ottawa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
15	Apwa	Apwa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	′	′	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	ganiba	ganiba	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	‵	‵	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	utək	utək	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
20	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	Pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	rapids	rapid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
25	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	det	_	_
30	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
31	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
32	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
33	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
34	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	advcl	_	_
35	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
37	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
38	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	_
39	sought	seek	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	conj	_	_
40	by	by	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	_
43	for	for	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	45	det	_	_
45	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Calumet chutes |  |  | Allumette island |  | in Ottawa river | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | present · passive |  | chutes *= chute* |  |  |  | Apwa ganiba and utək *xcomp*; Pipe rapids *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | present | the stone at that place |  |  |  |  | suitable *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | gerund | the stone at that place *not said here* | pipes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pipe=Product |
| 5 | **seek** | past · passive | the Indians |  |  | there |  | for this purpose | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for purpose=Theme |

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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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