--- title: When he got them warmed up to the dance, they all got mixed up and s… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: When he got them warmed up to the dance, they all got mixed up and soon Wiske·djak said, “Now, you must all close your eyes and not open them until I give the word.” Who acts: lot, Wiske, 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 (lot, Wiske, 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:pg66509:6:23 # text = When he got them warmed up to the dance, they all got mixed up and soon Wiske·djak said, “Now, you must all close your eyes and not open them until I give the word.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 warmed warm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 18 Wiske Wiske PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 · · PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 djak djak NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 all all ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 until until SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | lot | Ducks *= duck* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 2 | **warm up** | past | | | | | | to the dance *result* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to dance=Result | | 3 | **mix up** | past · passive | | Ducks *= duck* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wiske | | | | | soon *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **close** *in a quote* | must | you | your eyes | | | now | all *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 6 | **not** **open** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | Ducks *= duck* | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | present | Wiske | the word | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | 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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