--- title: He would run after one and kill him, and all the others would shoot… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He would run after one and kill him, and all the others would shoot at him with their arrows, but they could not hurt him, and at last they left him and went back, and he went on and overtook the chief’s son. Who acts: enemy, others. 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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 (enemy, others), 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:pg66596:10:167 # text = He would run after one and kill him, and all the others would shoot at him with their arrows, but they could not hurt him, and at last they left him and went back, and he went on and overtook the chief’s son. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 back back ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 42 on on ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 overtook overtake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | would | enemy | | | | after one | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kill** | infinitive | enemy *not said here* | enemy | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **shoot** | would | all others | | | | | at enemy; with others's arrows | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at he=Destination | | 4 | **not** **hurt** | could | others *= other* | enemy | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | | 5 | **leave** | past | others *= other* | enemy | | last | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme at last=Location | | 6 | **go back** | past | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **go on** | past | enemy | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **overtake** | past | enemy *not said here* | the chief's son | | | | | 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 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/166/) - next →: [sentence 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/168/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)