--- title: When he got home he made a big fire and told his two children (boys)… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he got home he made a big fire and told his two children (boys) what he was going to do, and also told them what to do when he (the father) would run away. Who acts: man. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. 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Laidlaw, Ne-we-no-nah K’she Mŭh.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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:pg76755:7:13 # text = When he got home he made a big fire and told his two children (boys) what he was going to do, and also told them what to do when he (the father) would run away. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 nsubj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 also also ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 39 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 34 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 40 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | man | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **make** | past | man | a big fire | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | man *not said here* | | man's two children | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | | | | | | what *nsubj*; man *nsubj* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | man *not said here* | | children *= child* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **run away** | would | man | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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. 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