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title: The other plan that Nanabush made to get these ducks was this: He an… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics
description: The other plan that Nanabush made to get these ducks was this: He and his mother made a big camp (lodge or wigwam) and invited all the different kinds of ducks to come to a big dance on such a day set apart for the dance. Who acts: other plan. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidla
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# Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.), sentence 2

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The other plan that Nanabush made to get these ducks was this: He and his mother made a big camp (lodge or wigwam) and invited all the different kinds of ducks to come to a big dance on such a day set apart for the dance.

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**Who acts:** other plan · **What happens:** make, get, be, invite, come, set apart · **To what, where:** ducks, this, big camp, different kinds, big dance, day

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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 (other plan), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg76755:3:2
# text = The other plan that Nanabush made to get these ducks was this: He and his mother made a big camp (lodge or wigwam) and invited all the different kinds of ducks to come to a big dance on such a day set apart for the dance.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Nanabush	Nanabush	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
14	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
24	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	wigwam	wigwam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	invited	invite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
29	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	32	det:predet	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	advcl	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
41	on	on	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	44	det:predet	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
45	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	acl	_	_
46	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
47	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the other plan |  |  |  |  | Nanabush *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | the other plan *not said here* | this ducks |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duck=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | this |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | past | the other plan | a big camp |  |  |  | Nanabush *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset camp=Product |
| 5 | **invite** | past | the other plan *not said here* | all different kinds of ducks |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Recipient |
| 6 | **come** | to-infinitive | the other plan *not said here* |  |  | a big dance | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dance=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **set apart** | participle |  | such day *not said here* |  |  |  | for the dance; apart *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for dance=Beneficiary |

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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.

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**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.

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