--- title: He stopped for a moment when he came to this hole, but then he went… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He stopped for a moment when he came to this hole, but then he went in, and when he had entered he saw there, sitting by the fire, a big she-bear and some little cubs. Who acts: boy, hole. 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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, hole), 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:pg66596:10:20 # text = He stopped for a moment when he came to this hole, but then he went in, and when he had entered he saw there, sitting by the fire, a big she-bear and some little cubs. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 in in ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 cubs cub NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | boy | | | | moment | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **come** | past | boy | | | this hole | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hole=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go in** | past | boy | | | | then | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **enter** | past · perfect | boy | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | boy | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **sit** | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | | | by the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location | | 7 | **bear** | | hole | | | | | some little cubs *conj* | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/21/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)