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title: I have followed York’s phraseology in the stories as closely as poss… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics
description: I have followed York’s phraseology in the stories as closely as possible, using his terms, such as “went to work,” etc., and not changing his meaning in any sense. Who acts: stories, terms, York. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ojibwa Myths and Tales., with its dependency 
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# Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa Myths and Tales., sentence 5

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I have followed York’s phraseology in the stories as closely as possible, using his terms, such as “went to work,” etc., and not changing his meaning in any sense.

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**Who acts:** stories, terms, York · **What happens:** follow, use, go, work, not change, term · **To what, where:** I, terms, meaning, sense

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This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ojibwa Myths and Tales.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stories, terms, York), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg76755:1:5
# text = I have followed York’s phraseology in the stories as closely as possible, using his terms, such as “went to work,” etc., and not changing his meaning in any sense.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	’s	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	phraseology	phraseology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
10	as	as	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	22	case	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	fixed	_	_
21	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
27	etc.	etc.	NOUN	FW	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	31	advmod	_	_
31	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	36	det	_	_
36	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present · perfect · passive | the stories | I |  |  |  | York's phraseology *obj*; closely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme phraseology=Attribute |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | the stories *not said here* | York's terms and etc. |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Patient |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | York's terms and etc. *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **work** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | York's terms and etc. *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **not** **change** | gerund | the stories *not said here* | York's meaning |  | any sense |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient |
| 6 | **term** |  | York |  |  |  |  |  | nom term «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **mean** |  | York |  |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Project Gutenberg book 76755 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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