--- title: Note by G. E. L.—The song that Nanabush sang for the ducks was calle… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: Note by G. E. L.—The song that Nanabush sang for the ducks was called “Ki-ah-wah-na,” which, according to York, means “Something that has been used to get such a thing or to do such a thing with. Who acts: song, Ki, wah na, G. E. L.. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nanabus --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/12/) [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. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/) / 12 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.), sentence 12 Note by G. E. L.—The song that Nanabush sang for the ducks was called “Ki-ah-wah-na,” which, according to York, means “Something that has been used to get such a thing or to do such a thing with. **Who acts:** song, Ki, wah na, G. E. L. · **What happens:** sing, call, na, accord, mean, use · **To what, where:** Note, Something, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (song, Ki, wah na, G. E. L.), 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:pg76755:3:12 # text = Note by G. E. L.—The song that Nanabush sang for the ducks was called “Ki-ah-wah-na,” which, according to York, means “Something that has been used to get such a thing or to do such a thing with. 1 Note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 G. G. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 E. E. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 L. L. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 — - PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 Nanabush Nanabush PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Ki Ki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ah ah INTJ UH _ 24 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 wah wah NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 na na NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 case _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 York York PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 Something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 42 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 44 det:predet _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 48 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 50 det:predet _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the song | | | | | for the ducks; Nanabush *nsubj* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for duck=Recipient | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | Note by G. E. L. | | | | the song *nsubj:pass* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **na** *in a quote* | | Ki | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **mean** | present | wah na | Something | | | | York *nsubj* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 6 | **use** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | such thing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | such thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 9 | **note** | | G. E. L. | | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: by=agent | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/13/) - ↑ back to [Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/)