--- title: Then the Beaver when he got his present tail liked it very much for… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Beaver when he got his present tail liked it very much for he found that he could swim faster, but the Rat didn’t like it, because he had to swim slower, so he begged the Beaver to trade back, but the Beaver would not trade; so the Rat cried and cried till his eyes got small, and this is th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/6/4/) [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/) / [Rat and Beaver Story—wah-zesk and Ah-m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/6/) / 4 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Rat and Beaver Story—wah-zesk and Ah-mic., sentence 4 Then the Beaver when he got his present tail liked it very much for he found that he could swim faster, but the Rat didn’t like it, because he had to swim slower, so he begged the Beaver to trade back, but the Beaver would not trade; so the Rat cried and cried till his eyes got small, and this is the reason that the Rat has small eyes and a small tail. **Who acts:** Beaver, present tail, tail, Rat, eyes, this · **What happens:** get, like, find, swim, not like, have · **To what, where:** enough, Beaver, reason, small eyes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Rat and Beaver Story—wah-zesk and Ah-mic.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Beaver, present tail, tail, Rat), 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:pg76755:6:4 # text = Then the Beaver when he got his present tail liked it very much for he found that he could swim faster, but the Rat didn’t like it, because he had to swim slower, so he begged the Beaver to trade back, but the Beaver would not trade; so the Rat cried and cried till his eyes got small, and this is the reason that the Rat has small eyes and a small tail. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Beaver Beaver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 much much ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 21 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 27 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 because because SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 slower slow ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Beaver Beaver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 trade trade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 45 back back ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Beaver Beaver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 trade trade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 60 till till SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nsubj _ _ 63 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 advcl _ _ 64 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 67 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 70 nsubj _ _ 68 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 cop _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 71 that that SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 74 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 advcl _ _ 75 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 obj _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 78 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 80 amod _ _ 80 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the Beaver | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **like** | past | Beaver's present tail | enough | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | tail | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **swim** | could | tail | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | the Rat | enough | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | Rat | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **swim** | to-infinitive | Rat *not said here* | | | | | slow *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Rat | | the Beaver | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent beaver=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **trade back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Rat *not said here* | | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **not** **trade** | would | the Beaver | | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Rat | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **get** | past | Rat's eyes | | | | | small *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 14 | **is a** | present | this | the reason | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **have** | present | the Rat | small eyes and a small tail | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=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. 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