--- title: The man fainted and when he came to he found himself on the edge of… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: The man fainted and when he came to he found himself on the edge of a lake in a strange place, so he got up and wandered about till he came on some man tracks which he followed up till he came to two men and asked them where he was. Who acts: man, York. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/17/) [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/) / 17 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Thunderbirds. (no. 2.), sentence 17 The man fainted and when he came to he found himself on the edge of a lake in a strange place, so he got up and wandered about till he came on some man tracks which he followed up till he came to two men and asked them where he was. **Who acts:** man, York · **What happens:** faint, come, find, get up, wander, follow up · **To what, where:** York, edge, man tracks, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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:pg76755:5:17 # text = The man fainted and when he came to he found himself on the edge of a lake in a strange place, so he got up and wandered about till he came on some man tracks which he followed up till he came to two men and asked them where he was. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fainted faint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 7 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 29 about about ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 tracks track NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 till till SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 52 advmod _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **faint** | past | the man | | | | | | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **come** | past | York | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | York | York | | the edge of a lake in a strange place | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 4 | **get up** | past | York | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **wander** | past | York *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | York | | | some man tracks | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on track=Location | | 7 | **follow up** | past | York | some man tracks | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | past | York | | | | | to two men | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to man=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the man *not said here* | | man | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **be** | past | York | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/18/) - ↑ back to [Thunderbirds. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/)