--- title: He saw the lightning strike several trees, and looking very closely… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: He saw the lightning strike several trees, and looking very closely at one tree that was struck he saw a little man (about two feet high) standing by one side of the tree, and looking again at the tree he saw another little man standing at the other side of the struck tree. Who acts: man, little man --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/30/36/) [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/) / [The Creation of Man.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/30/) / 36 # Ojibwa myths and tales, The Creation of Man., sentence 36 He saw the lightning strike several trees, and looking very closely at one tree that was struck he saw a little man (about two feet high) standing by one side of the tree, and looking again at the tree he saw another little man standing at the other side of the struck tree. **Who acts:** man, little man · **What happens:** see, look, strike, stand · **To what, where:** lightning strike, that, one tree, little man, other side This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, The Creation of Man.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, little man), 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:pg76755:30:36 # text = He saw the lightning strike several trees, and looking very closely at one tree that was struck he saw a little man (about two feet high) standing by one side of the tree, and looking again at the tree he saw another little man standing at the other side of the struck tree. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 strike strike NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 10 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 csubj:pass _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 closely closely ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 about about ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 28 punct _ _ 30 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 39 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 46 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 47 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 acl _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 amod _ _ 57 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | man | the lightning strike | | | | several trees *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | closely *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **strike** | past · passive | | that | | one tree | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **see** | past | man | a little man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 5 | **stand** | gerund | a little man *not said here* | | | | | by one side of the tree | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | | 6 | **look** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | again | at the tree | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tree=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | man | another little man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 8 | **stand** | gerund | another little man *not said here* | | | the other side of the struck tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at side=Location | | 9 | **strike** | participle | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/30/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/30/37/) - ↑ back to [The Creation of Man.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/30/)