--- title: Nanabush seated himself near the door and as the ducks would dance n… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: Nanabush seated himself near the door and as the ducks would dance near him he would grab them and twist their necks and throw them behind him (York exemplified this by gestures) and got quite a lot this time. Who acts: Nanabush, ducks. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Nana --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/5/) [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/) / 5 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.), sentence 5 Nanabush seated himself near the door and as the ducks would dance near him he would grab them and twist their necks and throw them behind him (York exemplified this by gestures) and got quite a lot this time. **Who acts:** Nanabush, ducks · **What happens:** seat, dance, grab, twist, throw, exemplify · **To what, where:** Nanabush, door, ducks, necks, this, lot 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 (Nanabush, ducks), 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:pg76755:3:5 # text = Nanabush seated himself near the door and as the ducks would dance near him he would grab them and twist their necks and throw them behind him (York exemplified this by gestures) and got quite a lot this time. 1 Nanabush Nanabush PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seated seat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 13 near near ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 grab grab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 twist twist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 necks neck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 behind behind ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 28 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 York York PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 exemplified exemplify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 31 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 gestures gesture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 37 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 39 det:predet _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | past | Nanabush | Nanabush | | the door | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value | | 2 | **dance** | would | the ducks | | | | | near Nanabush | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=Location | | 3 | **grab** | would | Nanabush | ducks *= duck* | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **twist** | infinitive | Nanabush *not said here* | ducks's necks | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent neck=Theme | | 5 | **throw** | infinitive | Nanabush *not said here* | ducks *= duck* | | | | behind Nanabush | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme behind he=Destination | | 6 | **exemplify** | participle | Nanabush *not said here* | this | | | | by gestures; York *compound* | tree rules | | 7 | **get** | past | Nanabush *not said here* | quite lot | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/6/) - ↑ back to [Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/)