--- title: The first man said to Nanabush, “I would like to know if there is a… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: The first man said to Nanabush, “I would like to know if there is a battle in our country, and I would like to know that if I was shot at I would like the ball not to hit me.” Who acts: first man, battle. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nanabush and the Four Men. (no. 4.), --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/17/18/) [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/) / [Nanabush and the Four Men. (no. 4.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/17/) / 18 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Four Men. (no. 4.), sentence 18 The first man said to Nanabush, “I would like to know if there is a battle in our country, and I would like to know that if I was shot at I would like the ball not to hit me.” **Who acts:** first man, battle · **What happens:** say, like, know, be, shoot, not hit · **To what, where:** Nanabush, first man, ball · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nanabush and the Four Men. (no. 4.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first man, battle), 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:pg76755:17:18 # text = The first man said to Nanabush, “I would like to know if there is a battle in our country, and I would like to know that if I was shot at I would like the ball not to hit me.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Nanabush Nanabush PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 34 at at SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the first man | | Nanabush | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to nanabush=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **like** *in a quote* | would | the first man *= man* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the first man *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | a battle in our country | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **like** *in a quote* | would | the first man *= man* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the first man *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **shoot** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · passive | | the first man *= man* | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **like** *in a quote* | would | the first man *= man* | the ball | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **hit** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the first man *= man* *not said here* | the first man *= man* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme | 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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