--- title: In the meanwhile among the men waiting by the entrance way, one said… — Old Indian Legends · tree and pragmatics description: In the meanwhile among the men waiting by the entrance way, one said in a low voice: “I have heard that bad spirits come as little children into a camp which they mean to destroy.” Who acts: men, one, I, bad spirits. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men, one, I, bad spirits), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg338:13:19 # text = In the meanwhile among the men waiting by the entrance way, one said in a low voice: “I have heard that bad spirits come as little children into a camp which they mean to destroy.” 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meanwhile meanwhile NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 4 among among ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 28 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | gerund | the men *not said here* | | | | | by the entrance way | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by way=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one | | | the meanwhile among the men | | in a low voice | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in meanwhile=Manner | | 3 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | bad spirits | little children | | a camp | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into camp=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | a camp | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **destroy** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | a camp *not said here* | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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:** «Old Indian Legends» by Zitkala-Sa, Project Gutenberg book 338 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg338/13/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg338/13/20/) - ↑ back to [Iya, the Camp-eater](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg338/13/)