--- title: Now, everything was about ready, so he went to see a Duck and said t… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: Now, everything was about ready, so he went to see a Duck and said to him, “Soon, now, you will be going away south to be gone all winter and not to come back until next spring. Who acts: everything, 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 (everything, 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:pg66509:6:9 # text = Now, everything was about ready, so he went to see a Duck and said to him, “Soon, now, you will be going away south to be gone all winter and not to come back until next spring. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux _ _ 28 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 south south ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 40 back back ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 until until ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | everything | | | | now | about, ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | djak | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | djak *not said here* | a Duck | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duck=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | djak *not said here* | | djak | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go away** *in a quote* | future · progressive | djak | | | | now | away, soon *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | winter | south *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V» | | 7 | **not** **come back** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | spring | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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