--- title: He sang his song and told them, “You are going away to be gone until… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: He sang his song and told them, “You are going away to be gone until next spring, and I won’t see you for a long time, so I want to get up a dance for you all, before you go.” Who acts: djak, You. A sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. 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Speck, Wiske·djak Cycle., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (djak, You), 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:pg66509:6:16 # text = He sang his song and told them, “You are going away to be gone until next spring, and I won’t see you for a long time, so I want to get up a dance for you all, before you go.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 17 until until ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 before before SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | djak | djak's song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | djak *not said here* | | Ducks *= duck* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go away** *in a quote* | present · progressive | You | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | You *not said here* | | | | spring | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | future | djak | you | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | djak | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **get up** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | djak *not said here* | a dance | | | | for you | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dance=Theme for you=Beneficiary | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **sing** | | djak | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/6/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/6/17/) - ↑ back to [Wiske·djak Cycle., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/6/)