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Speck, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (djak, Wolverine), 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:pg66509:5:121 # text = When he had lost his grease, he thought of his bouillon, and went back to his pail, but when he got there, he found that the Wolverine had come and eaten it all up. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 grease grease NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 bouillon bouillon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 pail pail NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Wolverine Wolverine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | djak | djak's grease | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grease=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | djak | | | | | of djak's bouillon | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go back** | past | djak *not said here* | | | | | to djak's pail *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to pail=Result | | 4 | **get** | past | djak | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **find** | past | djak | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come up** | past · perfect | the Wolverine | water | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | participle | the Wolverine *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. 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. - ← previous: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/5/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/5/122/) - ↑ back to [Wiske·djak Cycle., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/5/)