A root word is a portion of a base that do not stand alone and have no meaning for themselves.... but,a base word is a word that does not have any other words added either at the beginning or its ending....
Answer: i believe that this means "pike" stole a fish from someone under someones protection and then "dub" and "joe" fought " spitz and made him take the punishment and even the good natured one didnt object hope this helps
