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description: When the canoe was mended they started on again and when they came to a little lake they saw their comrade just about the other side of the little lake going into a river where there were lots of other Indians (Mohawks, their enemies) waiting for them to come home with their catch of fur and meat. W
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# Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.), sentence 9

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When the canoe was mended they started on again and when they came to a little lake they saw their comrade just about the other side of the little lake going into a river where there were lots of other Indians (Mohawks, their enemies) waiting for them to come home with their catch of fur and meat.

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**Who acts:** ways, little lake, Mohawks · **What happens:** mend, start on, come, see, go, wait · **To what, where:** canoe, little lake, comrade, river

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This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 1.). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ways, little lake, Mohawks), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg76755:8:9
# text = When the canoe was mended they started on again and when they came to a little lake they saw their comrade just about the other side of the little lake going into a river where there were lots of other Indians (Mohawks, their enemies) waiting for them to come home with their catch of fur and meat.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	canoe	canoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	mended	mend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	just	just	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
23	about	about	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
31	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	30	acl	_	_
32	into	into	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	37	advmod	_	_
36	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	37	expl	_	_
37	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	acl:relcl	_	_
38	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	Indians	Indian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	_
42	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	Mohawks	mohawk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	43	punct	_	_
48	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	43	acl	_	_
49	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
50	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	advcl	_	_
53	home	home	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
54	with	with	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mend** | past · passive |  | the canoe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **start on** | past | ways *= way* |  |  |  | again |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **come** | past | ways *= way* |  |  | a little lake |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lake=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **see** | past | ways *= way* | ways's comrade |  |  |  | about the other side of the little lake | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer comrade=Stimulus |
| 5 | **go** | gerund | the little lake *not said here* |  |  | a river |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into river=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **wait** | gerund | Mohawks and ways's enemies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **come** | to-infinitive | ways *= way* |  |  |  |  | with ways's catch of fur and meat; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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