--- title: One of the warriors told the chief “that there were hundreds of warr… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: One of the warriors told the chief “that there were hundreds of warriors guarding the Mohawk chief’s house ever since the Big Feast when the Ojibwa chief’s son was killed and eaten” (or in other words, since you lost your son). Who acts: One, warriors, you. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/9/18/) [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/) / [Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/9/) / 18 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.), sentence 18 One of the warriors told the chief “that there were hundreds of warriors guarding the Mohawk chief’s house ever since the Big Feast when the Ojibwa chief’s son was killed and eaten” (or in other words, since you lost your son). **Who acts:** One, warriors, you · **What happens:** tell, be, guard, kill, eat, lose · **To what, where:** chief, hundreds, house, son, other words · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (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 (One, warriors, you), 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:pg76755:9:18 # text = One of the warriors told the chief “that there were hundreds of warriors guarding the Mohawk chief’s house ever since the Big Feast when the Ojibwa chief’s son was killed and eaten” (or in other words, since you lost your son). 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 guarding guard VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Mohawk Mohawk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ _ 22 since since ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ _ 25 Feast Feast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Ojibwa Ojibwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 37 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 since since SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | One | the chief | | | | of the warriors | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent chief=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | hundreds | | | | of warriors | tree rules | | 3 | **guard** *in a quote* | gerund | warriors *not said here* | the Mohawk chief's house | | | since the Big Feast; ever | | tree rules | | 4 | **kill** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the Ojibwa chief's son | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | participle | | | | other words | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lose** | past | you | your son | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/9/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/9/19/) - ↑ back to [Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/9/)