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(no. 5.), sentence 16 When they got through they searched the place for the scalp that was taken from the brother and when they found it they burnt the village and started back home. **Who acts:** Mohawks · **What happens:** get, search, take, find, burnt, start back · **To what, where:** place, scalp, village This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (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 (Mohawks), 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:pg76755:21:16 # text = When they got through they searched the place for the scalp that was taken from the brother and when they found it they burnt the village and started back home. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 through through SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 scalp scalp NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 burnt burnt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 home home ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Mohawks *= mohawk* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **search** | past | Mohawks *= mohawk* | the place | | | | for the scalp | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent place=Location for scalp=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past · passive | | the scalp | | | | from the brother | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from brother=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **find** | past | Mohawks *= mohawk* | place | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 5 | **burnt** | past | Mohawks *= mohawk* | the village | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **start back** | past | Mohawks *= mohawk* *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/21/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/21/17/) - ↑ back to [Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 5.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/21/)