--- title: He got the duck in the door as she was going out and reached out his… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: He got the duck in the door as she was going out and reached out his foot and stamped on her as she went past, and this is the reason the diver has flat feet and legs that stick out behind. Who acts: Nanabush, diver, this, flat feet. 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/pg76755/3/9/) [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/) / 9 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.), sentence 9 He got the duck in the door as she was going out and reached out his foot and stamped on her as she went past, and this is the reason the diver has flat feet and legs that stick out behind. **Who acts:** Nanabush, diver, this, flat feet · **What happens:** get, go out, reach out, stamp, go past, be · **To what, where:** duck, door, foot, reason, flat feet 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, diver, this, flat feet), 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:pg76755:3:9 # text = He got the duck in the door as she was going out and reached out his foot and stamped on her as she went past, and this is the reason the diver has flat feet and legs that stick out behind. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 stamped stamp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 past past ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 diver diver NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 35 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 stick stick VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 behind behind ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | Nanabush | the duck | | the door | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duck=Stimulus | | 2 | **go out** | past · progressive | diver | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **reach out** | past | Nanabush *not said here* | Nanabush's foot | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 4 | **stamp** | past | Nanabush *not said here* | | | | | on diver | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go past** | past | diver | | | | | past *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | present | this | the reason | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | present | the diver | flat feet and legs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 8 | **stick out** | present | flat feet and legs | | | | | behind *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/10/) - ↑ back to [Nanabush and the Ducks. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/3/)