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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 (younger boy, elder, west), 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:pg76755:28:14 # text = The younger boy began to get lonesome thinking about these people whom he would like to see, so one day he asked his brother if he would let him go and see some of the white people. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 lonesome lonesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 iobj _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 34 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the younger boy | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | the younger boy *not said here* | | | | | lonesome *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the younger boy *not said here* | | | | | about this people | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about people=Topic | | 4 | **like** | would | elder | this people | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | elder *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | elder | | elder's brother | | day | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **let** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | elder | west | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | infinitive | west *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **see** | infinitive | west *not said here* | some of the white people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer some=Stimulus | 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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