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title: A few fairly typical Algonquin myths relating the exploits of Wiske·… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics
description: A few fairly typical Algonquin myths relating the exploits of Wiske·djak were taken down in the summer of 1913 from Benjamin Mackenzie of the Timiskaming band. Who acts: few typical Algonquin myths, Benjamin. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Fra
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# Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin., sentence 2

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A few fairly typical Algonquin myths relating the exploits of Wiske·djak were taken down in the summer of 1913 from Benjamin Mackenzie of the Timiskaming band.

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**Who acts:** few typical Algonquin myths, Benjamin · **What happens:** relate, take down · **To what, where:** exploits, few typical Algonquin myths

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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 (few typical Algonquin myths, Benjamin), 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:pg66509:4:2
# text = A few fairly typical Algonquin myths relating the exploits of Wiske·djak were taken down in the summer of 1913 from Benjamin Mackenzie of the Timiskaming band.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	typical	typical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	Algonquin	Algonquin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	myths	myth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	relating	relate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	exploits	exploit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Wiske	Wiske	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	·	·	PUNCT	NFP	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	djak	djak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	down	down	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	1913	1913	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nmod	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Benjamin	Benjamin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl:agent	_	_
24	Mackenzie	Mackenzie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	flat	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	Timiskaming	Timiskaming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relate** | gerund | a few typical Algonquin myths *not said here* | the exploits of Wiske |  |  |  | djak *obl* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exploit=Theme |
| 2 | **take down** | past · passive | Benjamin | a few typical Algonquin myths |  |  | summer |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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