--- title: On their way he saw a big house by the roadside, but before they rea… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: On their way he saw a big house by the roadside, but before they reached the house he heard somebody talk to him and who told him that “this was the place where all the dogs live that you ever owned. Who acts: husband, people, somebody, this. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/18/11/) [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 Young Man and Wife. (…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/18/) / 11 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Young Man and Wife. (no. 5.), sentence 11 On their way he saw a big house by the roadside, but before they reached the house he heard somebody talk to him and who told him that “this was the place where all the dogs live that you ever owned. **Who acts:** husband, people, somebody, this, dogs · **What happens:** see, reach, hear, talk, tell, be · **To what, where:** big house, way, house, husband, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nanabush and the Young Man and Wife. (no. 5.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (husband, people, somebody, this), 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:pg76755:18:11 # text = On their way he saw a big house by the roadside, but before they reached the house he heard somebody talk to him and who told him that “this was the place where all the dogs live that you ever owned. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 roadside roadside NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 before before SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 22 nsubj _ _ 22 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ _ 43 owned own VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | husband | a big house | | people's way | | by the roadside | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | | 2 | **reach** | past | people | the house | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | husband | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **talk** | infinitive | somebody | | husband | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | husband | | | who *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | this | the place | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **live** *in a quote* | present | all dogs | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **own** *in a quote* | past | husband | | | | ever | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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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