--- title: This duck made a big yell and told all the (remaining) ducks what Na… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: This duck made a big yell and told all the (remaining) ducks what Nanabush was doing, and made for the door, but before he got out Nanabush kicked him and stepped on his feet (we now call this duck the Diver). Who acts: duck, Nanabush, we. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, N --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/25/34/) [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 Ducks. (no. 8.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/25/) / 34 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 8.), sentence 34 This duck made a big yell and told all the (remaining) ducks what Nanabush was doing, and made for the door, but before he got out Nanabush kicked him and stepped on his feet (we now call this duck the Diver). **Who acts:** duck, Nanabush, we · **What happens:** make, tell, remain, do, get out, kick · **To what, where:** big yell, remaining ducks, Chief, feet, duck · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 8.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (duck, Nanabush, we), 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:pg76755:25:34 # text = This duck made a big yell and told all the (remaining) ducks what Nanabush was doing, and made for the door, but before he got out Nanabush kicked him and stepped on his feet (we now call this duck the Diver). 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 yell yell NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 remaining remain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 14 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 ccomp _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 16 Nanabush Nanabush PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 before before SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 Nanabush Nanabush PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 42 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Diver Diver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | this duck | a big yell | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yell=Product | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | this duck *not said here* | | | | | all remaining ducks *ccomp* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **remain** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | past · progressive | Nanabush | all remaining ducks | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 5 | **make** | participle | | | | | | for the door | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for door=Asset | | 6 | **get out** | past | Nanabush | | | | | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **kick** | past | Nanabush | Chief | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **step** | past | Nanabush *not said here* | | | Nanabush's feet | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory | | 9 | **call** | present | we | | this duck | | now | the Diver *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent duck=Recipient | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/25/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/25/35/) - ↑ back to [Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 8.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/25/)