--- title: The Deer ran very fast and as he ran under the tree there happened t… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: The Deer ran very fast and as he ran under the tree there happened to be a knot on the under side of the tree where the Deer went, so the Lynx got his back skinned from his head to his tail. Who acts: Deer, Lynx, back. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Deer, Lynx, back), 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:pg76755:16:10 # text = The Deer ran very fast and as he ran under the tree there happened to be a knot on the under side of the tree where the Deer went, so the Lynx got his back skinned from his head to his tail. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Deer Deer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 10 under under ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 14 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 knot knot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 under under ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Deer Deer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Lynx Lynx PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 skinned skin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | the Deer | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past | deer | | | the tree; there | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=Trajectory | | 3 | **happen** | past | the Deer *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a knot | | the side of the tree | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past | the Deer | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past | the Lynx | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **skin** | past | deer's back | | | deer's head | | to deer's tail | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/16/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/16/11/) - ↑ back to [Little Lynx Story.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/16/)