--- title: Then he said: “Now, my son, go to your people, and when you get home… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he said: “Now, my son, go to your people, and when you get home hang your bundle up at the back of the lodge, and let the people know nothing of all this. Who acts: boy, son, you, 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 (boy, son, you, 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:pg66596:10:149 # text = Then he said: “Now, my son, go to your people, and when you get home hang your bundle up at the back of the lodge, and let the people know nothing of all this. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 20 home home ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 37 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 40 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | boy | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | my son | | | | now | to your people | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to people=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **hang up** *in a quote* | infinitive | my son *not said here* | your bundle | | the back of the lodge | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme at back=Destination | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the people | nothing of this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | 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 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/150/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)