--- title: The Otter gave him the power, if his enemies ever attacked him, to b… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The Otter gave him the power, if his enemies ever attacked him, to break their arrows with his teeth and shoot back the shaft without a spike, and if he hit an enemy with the shaft, it would kill him. Who acts: Otter, enemies, power, arrow. 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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 (Otter, enemies, power, arrow), 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:pg66596:10:253 # text = The Otter gave him the power, if his enemies ever attacked him, to break their arrows with his teeth and shoot back the shaft without a spike, and if he hit an enemy with the shaft, it would kill him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 11 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 12 advmod _ _ 12 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 shoot shoot VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 shaft shaft NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 without without ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 spike spike NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 shaft shaft NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the Otter | the power | power | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient power=Theme | | 2 | **attack** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | power's enemies | power | | | ever | | tree rules | | 3 | **break** | to-infinitive | power's enemies *not said here* | otter's arrows | | | | with power's teeth | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient with tooth=Instrument | | 4 | **shoot back** | present | power's enemies *not said here* | the shaft | | | | without a spike | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shaft=Theme | | 5 | **hit** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | power | a enemy | | | | with the shaft | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient with shaft=Instrument | | 6 | **kill** | would | arrow | power | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 252](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/252/) - next →: [sentence 254](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/254/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)