--- title: In olden times people used to believe that if a person fasted for a… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: In olden times people used to believe that if a person fasted for a period of about ten or twelve days he would learn something about bears or lions, or something very strong, and if he dreamed of any of these animals he would be just as strong. Who acts: people, person. 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E. Laidlaw, Wintigoes (giants).. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, person), 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:pg76755:15:2 # text = In olden times people used to believe that if a person fasted for a period of about ten or twelve days he would learn something about bears or lions, or something very strong, and if he dreamed of any of these animals he would be just as strong. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 olden olden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 12 fasted fast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 about about ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 conj _ _ 21 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 25 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 obj _ _ 26 about about ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 25 conj _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 48 just just ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 as as ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | people | | | | time | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **believe** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **fast** | participle | | a person *not said here* | | | | for a period of ten days | tree rules | | 4 | **learn** | would | a person | something something | | | | about bears or lions | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 5 | **dream** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | person | | | | | of any of this animals | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | would | person | this animals *not said here* | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/15/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/15/3/) - ↑ back to [Wintigoes (giants).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/15/)