Ojibwa myths and tales, Rat and Beaver Story—wah-zesk and Ah-mic., sentence 4

Then the Beaver when he got his present tail liked it very much for he found that he could swim faster, but the Rat didn’t like it, because he had to swim slower, so he begged the Beaver to trade back, but the Beaver would not trade; so the Rat cried and cried till his eyes got small, and this is the reason that the Rat has small eyes and a small tail.

Who acts: Beaver, present tail, tail, Rat, eyes, this · What happens: get, like, find, swim, not like, have · To what, where: enough, Beaver, reason, small eyes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Ojibwa myths and tales» by Geo. E. Laidlaw, Rat and Beaver Story—wah-zesk and Ah-mic.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Beaver, present tail, tail, Rat), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Beaver	det
3	Beaver	Beaver	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 got	nsubj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 got	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 tail	nmod:poss
8	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tail	amod
9	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 liked	nsubj
10	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 got	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 liked	obj
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 much	advmod
13	much	much	ADV	_	10 liked	advmod
14	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 found	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 found	nsubj
16	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 liked	advcl
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 swim	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 swim	nsubj
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 swim	aux
20	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 found	ccomp
21	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	20 swim	advmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 like	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 like	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Rat	det
25	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 like	nsubj
26	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 like	aux
27	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	28 like	advmod
28	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 got	conj
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 like	obj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 had	punct
31	because	because	SCONJ	_	33 had	mark
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 had	nsubj
33	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 got	conj
34	to	to	PART	_	35 swim	mark
35	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 had	xcomp
36	slower	slow	ADV	Degree=Cmp	35 swim	advmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 begged	punct
38	so	so	ADV	_	40 begged	advmod
39	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 begged	nsubj
40	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 got	conj
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Beaver	det
42	Beaver	Beaver	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 begged	obj
43	to	to	PART	_	44 trade	mark
44	trade	trade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 begged	xcomp
45	back	back	ADV	_	44 trade	advmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 trade	punct
47	but	but	CCONJ	_	52 trade	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Beaver	det
49	Beaver	Beaver	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 trade	nsubj
50	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 trade	aux
51	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	52 trade	advmod
52	trade	trade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 begged	conj
53	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 cried	punct
54	so	so	ADV	_	57 cried	advmod
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 Rat	det
56	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 cried	nsubj
57	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 got	parataxis
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 cried	cc
59	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 cried	conj
60	till	till	SCONJ	_	63 got	mark
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 eyes	nmod:poss
62	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 got	nsubj
63	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 cried	advcl
64	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 got	xcomp
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 reason	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 reason	cc
67	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	70 reason	nsubj
68	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	70 reason	cop
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 reason	det
70	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 cried	conj
71	that	that	SCONJ	_	74 has	mark
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 Rat	det
73	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 has	nsubj
74	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	70 reason	advcl
75	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 eyes	amod
76	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 has	obj
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 tail	cc
78	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	80 tail	det
79	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 tail	amod
80	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 eyes	conj
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the Beaver			then		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	like	past	Beaver's present tail	enough				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
3	find	past	tail					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	swim	could	tail				fast property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	not like	past · do-support	the Rat	enough				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
6	have	past	Rat					tree rules
7	swim	to-infinitive	Rat not said here				slow property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	beg speech: request	past	Rat		the Beaver			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent beaver=Recipient clause=Topic
9	trade back not said to happen	to-infinitive	Rat not said here					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10	not trade	would	the Beaver					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11	cry speech: express	past	the Rat					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	cry speech: express	past	the Rat not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	get	past	Rat's eyes				small property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
14	is a	present	this	the reason				tree rules
15	have	present	the Rat	small eyes and a small tail				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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.

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Ojibwa myths and tales, Rat and Beaver Story—wah-zesk and Ah-mic., sentence 4