--- title: The fight was getting pretty bad, when Wiske·djak cried out, “Hold o… — Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin… · tree and pragmatics description: The fight was getting pretty bad, when Wiske·djak cried out, “Hold on, hold on! it isn’t a lynx, it is Wiske·djak that you are pounding to death!” Who acts: fight, Wiske 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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fight, Wiske 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:pg66509:7:32 # text = The fight was getting pretty bad, when Wiske·djak cried out, “Hold on, hold on! it isn’t a lynx, it is Wiske·djak that you are pounding to death!” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 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 12 nsubj _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 17 on on ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 20 on on ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 24 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 lynx lynx NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 Wiske Wiske PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 · · PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 djak djak NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 pounding pound VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · progressive | the fight | | | | | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | Wiske djak | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hold on** *in a quote* | infinitive | Wiske djak *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hold on** *in a quote* | infinitive | Wiske djak *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | fight | a lynx | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | fight | Wiske and djak | | | | djak *conj* | tree rules | | 7 | **pound** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | death | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent to death=Trajectory | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/7/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/7/33/) - ↑ back to [Wiske·djak Cycle., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66509/7/)