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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 (Medicine Bear, man, people, those), 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:pg66596:10:199 # text = Medicine Bear charged, and killed a man, and then came back, and the second time he charged, the people charged all together, following him, and they killed many and drove the enemy off, and those who had the fastest horses were the only ones who got away. 1 Medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 charged charge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 charged charge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 charged charge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 all all ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 together together ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 off off ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 42 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 51 nsubj _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 fastest fast ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 47 amod _ _ 47 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 52 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 away away ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | past | Medicine Bear | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kill** | past | Medicine Bear *not said here* | a man | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 3 | **come back** | past | | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **charge** | past | man | | | | time | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **charge** | past | the people | | | | | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | gerund | the people *not said here* | man | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **kill** | past | people | many | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Theme | | 8 | **drive off** | past | people *not said here* | the enemy | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme enemy=Trajectory | | 9 | **have** | past | | the fastest horses | | | | who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 10 | **is a** | past | those | the only ones | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **get away** | past | the only ones | | | | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP 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 198](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/198/) - next →: [sentence 200](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/200/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)