--- title: When the Ojibwas came very close the girl who led gave a big loud ye… — Ojibwa myths and tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the Ojibwas came very close the girl who led gave a big loud yell and all the Mohawks fell down on their hands and knees and tried to crawl away, but the Ojibwa warriors killed every one of them that they could find. Who acts: Ojibwas, girl, Mohawks, Ojibwa warriors. A sentence of «Ojibwa myths --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/9/39/) [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/) / 39 # Ojibwa myths and tales, Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.), sentence 39 When the Ojibwas came very close the girl who led gave a big loud yell and all the Mohawks fell down on their hands and knees and tried to crawl away, but the Ojibwa warriors killed every one of them that they could find. **Who acts:** Ojibwas, girl, Mohawks, Ojibwa warriors, warriors · **What happens:** come, lead, give, fall down, try, crawl away · **To what, where:** big loud yell, hands, one 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 (Ojibwas, girl, Mohawks, Ojibwa warriors), 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:pg76755:9:39 # text = When the Ojibwas came very close the girl who led gave a big loud yell and all the Mohawks fell down on their hands and knees and tried to crawl away, but the Ojibwa warriors killed every one of them that they could find. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Ojibwas Ojibwa PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 yell yell NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Mohawks mohawk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 down down ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 crawl crawl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Ojibwa Ojibwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 38 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the Ojibwas | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | past | the girl | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 3 | **give** | past | the girl | a big loud yell | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yell=Theme | | 4 | **fall down** | past | all Mohawks | | | Mohawks's hands and knees | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on hand=Location | | 5 | **try** | past | all Mohawks *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **crawl away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all Mohawks *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **kill** | past | the Ojibwa warriors | every one of Mohawks | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 8 | **find** | could | warriors *= warrior* | every one of Mohawks *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/9/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/9/40/) - ↑ back to [Ojibwa and Mohawk. (no. 2.)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76755/9/)