--- title: One day she wanted to go to near where Atherley now is, and compelle… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day she wanted to go to near where Atherley now is, and compelled two young men to go with her in the canoe, for she had the power to compel young men to go with her, generally the best of them. Who acts: witch, power. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Rama Witches. (no. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/12/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Ojibwa myths and tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/) / [Rama Witches. (no. 1.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/12/) / 6 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Rama Witches. (no. 1.), sentence 6 One day she wanted to go to near where Atherley now is, and compelled two young men to go with her in the canoe, for she had the power to compel young men to go with her, generally the best of them. **Who acts:** witch, power · **What happens:** want, go, be, compel, have · **To what, where:** two young men, canoe, power, young men This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Rama Witches. (no. 1.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (witch, power), 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:pg76755:12:6 # text = One day she wanted to go to near where Atherley now is, and compelled two young men to go with her in the canoe, for she had the power to compel young men to go with her, generally the best of them. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 obl _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 obl _ _ 10 Atherley Atherley PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 compelled compel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 17 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 compel compel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 generally generally ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 parataxis _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | witch | | | | day | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | witch *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **compel** | past | witch *not said here* | two young men | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 5 | **go** | to-infinitive | witch *not said here* | | | the canoe | | with witch | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary | | 6 | **have** | past | witch | the power | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **compel** | to-infinitive | the power *not said here* | young men | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 8 | **go** | to-infinitive | the power *not said here* | | | | | with witch | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/12/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/12/7/) - ↑ back to [Rama Witches. (no. 1.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/12/)