--- title: His brother told the people that this man was powerful, that they ha… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: His brother told the people that this man was powerful, that they had taken the horses in broad daylight, and the young man had stayed behind on foot and fought the enemy off, while he drove on the horses. Who acts: brother, man, brothers, young man. 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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 (brother, man, brothers, young man), 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:pg66596:10:170 # text = His brother told the people that this man was powerful, that they had taken the horses in broad daylight, and the young man had stayed behind on foot and fought the enemy off, while he drove on the horses. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 iobj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 28 behind behind ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 while while SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | enemy's brother | | the people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | this man | the people *not said here* | | | | powerful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past · perfect | brothers *= brother* | the horses | | broad daylight | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Value in daylight=Location | | 4 | **stay** | past · perfect | the young man | | | foot | | behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Location | | 5 | **fight off** | past | the young man *not said here* | the enemy | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Co-Agent | | 6 | **drive** | past | enemy | | | | | on the horses | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: 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:** «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 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/169/) - next →: [sentence 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/171/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)