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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 (boy, everybody, it, things), 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:pg66596:10:12 # text = He remembered how poor he and his father were, and how everybody looked down on them and despised them, and it did not seem to him that things would ever be any better for them than they were now. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 nsubj _ _ 14 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 down down ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 despised despise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 32 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 35 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 any any ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 xcomp _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 than than SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | boy | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | boy | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look down** | past | everybody | | | | | on people | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on they=Theme | | 4 | **despise** | past | boy *not said here* | people | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **seem** | past · do-support | it | | boy | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | would | things | | | | ever | for people; any, good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | people | | | | | now *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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/13/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)