--- title: “Well,” the older boy said to his brother, “yes, there are some peop… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Well,” the older boy said to his brother, “yes, there are some people living to the west who are called ‘white men,’ and some people living east of us, but it is a long way.” Who acts: older boy, people, supper. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. 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E. Laidlaw, The Indian Boy Who Married a King’s Daughter.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (older boy, people, supper), 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:pg76755:28:13 # text = “Well,” the older boy said to his brother, “yes, there are some people living to the west who are called ‘white men,’ and some people living east of us, but it is a long way.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 20 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 35 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 east east ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the older boy | | elder's brother | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | some people and some people | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | some people and some people *not said here* | | | | | to the west | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **call** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the west | | | | white men *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | some people *not said here* | | | | | of us; east *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | supper | a long way | | | | | 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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