--- title: He went on to a rock which he slid down; on looking back he saw the… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: He went on to a rock which he slid down; on looking back he saw the blood-stains on the rock which he called “red granite” (i.e. which became the red granite of nowadays). Who acts: Nanabush, rock. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 8.), with its --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/25/43/) [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/) / 43 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 8.), sentence 43 He went on to a rock which he slid down; on looking back he saw the blood-stains on the rock which he called “red granite” (i.e. which became the red granite of nowadays). **Who acts:** Nanabush, rock · **What happens:** go on, slide down, look back, see, call, become · **To what, where:** blood stains, rock, red granite · **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 (Nanabush, rock), 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:pg76755:25:43 # text = He went on to a rock which he slid down; on looking back he saw the blood-stains on the rock which he called “red granite” (i.e. which became the red granite of nowadays). 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 slid slide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 on on SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 stains stain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 granite granite NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 31 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 i.e. i.e. ADV FW _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 granite granite NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 nowadays nowadays ADV RB _ 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | Nanabush | | | | | to a rock | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **slide down** | past | a rock | | | | | Nanabush *nsubj* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look back** | gerund | Nanabush *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | past | Nanabush | the blood stains | | the rock | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stain=Stimulus | | 5 | **call** | past | Nanabush | the rock | | | | red granite *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 6 | **become** | past | | the red granite | | | | which *nsubj*; i.e. *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/25/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/25/44/) - ↑ back to [Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 8.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/25/)