--- title: After a while some one tried to speak inside the camp and said, “We… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: After a while some one tried to speak inside the camp and said, “We have eaten a fish of some kind and I am sure it was a big snake; we have all got to be snakes.” Who acts: one, We, I, camp. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. 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Laidlaw, The People Who Became Serpents.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, We, I, camp), 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:pg76755:27:24 # text = After a while some one tried to speak inside the camp and said, “We have eaten a fish of some kind and I am sure it was a big snake; we have all got to be snakes.” 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 inside inside ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 all all ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | some one | | | | while | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | some one *not said here* | | | the camp | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | some one *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **eat** *in a quote* | present · perfect | We | a fish of some kind | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | camp | a big snake | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | | | | | all *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | snakes | | | | | 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. 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