--- title: Pretty soon, Ciŋgəbis began to suspect that Wiske·djak was moving ar… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: Pretty soon, Ciŋgəbis began to suspect that Wiske·djak was moving around, so he danced over into a dark corner where Wiske·djak could not see him and opened one of his eyes a little to peep out. Who acts: Ciŋgəbis, Wiske djak, djak. 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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 (Ciŋgəbis, Wiske djak, djak), 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:pg66509:6:27 # text = Pretty soon, Ciŋgəbis began to suspect that Wiske·djak was moving around, so he danced over into a dark corner where Wiske·djak could not see him and opened one of his eyes a little to peep out. 1 Pretty pretty ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Ciŋgəbis Ciŋgəbis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 suspect suspect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 Wiske Wiske PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 · · PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 djak djak NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 14 around around ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 19 over over ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 25 Wiske Wiske PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 · · PUNCT NFP _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 djak djak NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 peep peep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Ciŋgəbis | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **suspect** | to-infinitive | Ciŋgəbis *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **move around** | past · progressive | Wiske djak | | | | | around *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **dance over** | past | djak | | | a dark corner | | over *property* | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme into corner=Trajectory | | 5 | **not** **see** | could | Wiske djak | Ciŋgəbis | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **open** | past | djak *not said here* | one of djak's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme | | 7 | **peep out** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «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. 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