--- title: It seems hardly worth while at the present time to comment in detail… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: It seems hardly worth while at the present time to comment in detail on the transformer concept here, as it is my intention to pursue investigations further in this general area, in which the transformer appears under various titles. Who acts: It, concept, transformer. 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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 (It, concept, transformer), 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:pg66509:4:9 # text = It seems hardly worth while at the present time to comment in detail on the transformer concept here, as it is my intention to pursue investigations further in this general area, in which the transformer appears under various titles. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 comment comment VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 csubj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 detail detail NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 transformer transformer NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 concept concept NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 investigations investigation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 further further ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 31 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 area area NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 transformer transformer NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 39 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 titles title NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | It | | | | | worth *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **comment** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | detail; here | time | on the transformer concept | vn lecture-37.11-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | concept | | | | | as my intention; my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 4 | **pursue** | to-infinitive | | investigations | | this general area | | further *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent investigation=Theme in area=Trajectory | | 5 | **appear** | present | the transformer | | | various titles | | which *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | 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. 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