--- title: The man made up his mind what to do, as he had got to die anyway, so… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: The man made up his mind what to do, as he had got to die anyway, so he went to work and opened the young bird and took all the insides out and got in himself. Who acts: man, York. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Thunderbirds. (no. 2.), with its dependency tree and the pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/12/) [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/) / [Thunderbirds. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/) / 12 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Thunderbirds. (no. 2.), sentence 12 The man made up his mind what to do, as he had got to die anyway, so he went to work and opened the young bird and took all the insides out and got in himself. **Who acts:** man, York · **What happens:** make up, do, get, die, go, open · **To what, where:** mind, work, young bird, insides This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Thunderbirds. (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 (man, York), 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:pg76755:5:12 # text = The man made up his mind what to do, as he had got to die anyway, so he went to work and opened the young bird and took all the insides out and got in himself. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 insides inside NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 out out ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | past | the man | York's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | York's mind | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **get** | past · perfect | York | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **die** | to-infinitive | York *not said here* | | | | | anyway *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **go** | past | York | | | work | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to work=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **open** | past | York *not said here* | the young bird | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bird=Theme | | 7 | **take** | past | York *not said here* | all insides | | | | out *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inside=Theme | | 8 | **get** | past | York *not said here* | | | | | in York | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **mind** | | York | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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/pg76755/5/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/13/) - ↑ back to [Thunderbirds. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/)