--- title: When you get angry, you will have a grunt like a bear; and if you ge… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: When you get angry, you will have a grunt like a bear; and if you get too fierce, tushes like a bear’s will stick out of your mouth, so that the people will know that you are very angry. Who acts: you, bear, people. 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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 (you, bear, people), 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:pg66596:10:109 # text = When you get angry, you will have a grunt like a bear; and if you get too fierce, tushes like a bear’s will stick out of your mouth, so that the people will know that you are very angry. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 grunt grunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 19 too too ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 22 tushes tush VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 like like SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 stick stick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 29 out out ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 parataxis _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | you | | | | | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** | future | you | a grunt | | | | like a bear | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grunt=Patient | | 3 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | fierce *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **tush** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stick out** | future | a bear | your mouth | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme | | 6 | **know** | future | the people | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | present | you | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | 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:** «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, Project Gutenberg book 66596 (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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/110/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)