--- title: He fainted (became unconscious) and dropped on the ice, and the next… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: He fainted (became unconscious) and dropped on the ice, and the next thing he knew he found himself sitting inside a big bird’s hand (or claws) with all his game, beaver, ice chisel and bag. Who acts: John, next thing. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Thunderbirds. (no. 2.) --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/6/) [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/) / 6 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Thunderbirds. (no. 2.), sentence 6 He fainted (became unconscious) and dropped on the ice, and the next thing he knew he found himself sitting inside a big bird’s hand (or claws) with all his game, beaver, ice chisel and bag. **Who acts:** John, next thing · **What happens:** faint, become, drop, know, find, sit · **To what, where:** ice, next thing, John, ice chisel, hand 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 (John, next thing), 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:pg76755:5:6 # text = He fainted (became unconscious) and dropped on the ice, and the next thing he knew he found himself sitting inside a big bird’s hand (or claws) with all his game, beaver, ice chisel and bag. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fainted faint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 unconscious unconscious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 xcomp _ _ 23 inside inside ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 beaver beaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 chisel chisel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **faint** | past | John | | | | | | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **become** | past | John *not said here* | | | | | unconscious *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **drop** | participle | John *not said here* | | | the ice | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory | | 4 | **know** | past | John | the next thing *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 5 | **find** | past | the next thing | John | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 6 | **sit** | gerund | John *not said here* | ice chisel and bag | | a big bird's hand | | with John's game and beaver | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside hand=Location | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/7/) - ↑ back to [Thunderbirds. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/5/)