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# Timiskaming Algonquin Text.

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Timiskaming Algonquin Text. of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck: the whole text, 20 sentences and 338 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.

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wiske·djak wi·′egiskenda‵go zi′gobαn igi·′bi· Wiske·djak was always doing mischief, it is said, in his lifetime[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics")

wi·′gipəmaʻtαzi·matc anicəna′bi mɔ·′jak ano′tcke·‵gon living among the Indians, always everything[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics")

ogi·′jini‵gwuna‵dji·an wi·′djini‵cəna′binʻ i′yanotc mɔ·′jαk doing what he could teasing his countrymen Indians.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") Everywhere always[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics")

ki·′bəba‵ma·‵dəzitc e′ji· ani′cənabe·ka‵nik ki·bəba′ndə going about during his life wherever there were Indians.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Going about[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics")

mi·′gucka‵djiatc wi·′djənicəna‵bi owi·′etenda‵go zi′gobαn teasing his countrymen.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") He was funny, it is said,[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics")

sa′wi·na‵nawe i·yeja′nawe ega at the same time to have him about for all that.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") He had[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics")

u·jo′dji·ma‵nəs·ik mɔ·′jαk ki·gmita′zəga·‵mɛ·tc kenowekwa·′s·e no canoe; always he walked about the land a great distance,[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics")

ki·′bəba aye′ja ke′gatʻ enigu′kʻkami·gaʻgⁱ going here and about there.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") Almost travelled over the whole world[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics")

ak·i′ŋg ki·no′ndaga‵newe ki·ʻbəba mi·gu′cka‵dzitc on earth.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") We heard tell of him going about doing mischief.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics")

kaye′gaʻk·i‵nəge‵gon ogi·′gəcki‵t·on tci·a′nəmit·aʻgʷət·o‵tc He had everything so that it would answer him when he spoke to it;[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics")

miʻti′g·onʻ nibi·′ awe′ʻsi·zα‵nʻ ano′tc awi·′αnʻ awe′gwe‵nəc·əʻnʻ trees, water, animals, and all other small creatures[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics")

ogi·′nəkwe‵ʻtaʻgonʻ i·gαno′nac mi·′sαmini‵k teba′dji·mα‵k would reply to him when he spoke.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") That is as much as can be told[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics")

wiske·djak. of Wiske·djak.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics")

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