--- title: When she came close again the boys threw the thorn down when it beca… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: When she came close again the boys threw the thorn down when it became a very big bush of thorn trees (Haw trees), which gave the two boys a chance to get ahead a good bit before she got through. Who acts: mother, boys, thorn, thorn trees. 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 (mother, boys, thorn, thorn trees), 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:pg76755:7:19 # text = When she came close again the boys threw the thorn down when it became a very big bush of thorn trees (Haw trees), which gave the two boys a chance to get ahead a good bit before she got through. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Haw haw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ _ 24 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 before before SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 43 through through ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | mother | | | | again | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **throw down** | past | the boys | the thorn | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thorn=Theme | | 3 | **become** | past | thorn | a big bush of thorn trees | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **haw** | infinitive | thorn trees *not said here* | trees | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | past | a big bush of thorn trees | a chance | the two boys | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient chance=Theme | | 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | a big bush of thorn trees *not said here* | a good bit | | | | ahead *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **get through** | past | mother | | | | | through *property* | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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