--- title: The Bear boy got up first and began shooting at the chief’s son, jus… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The Bear boy got up first and began shooting at the chief’s son, just as he had done with the Bear, and all the doctors thought he was powerful, shooting at this young man and curing him. Who acts: Bear boy, boy, doctors. 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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 (Bear boy, boy, doctors), 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:pg66596:10:295 # text = The Bear boy got up first and began shooting at the chief’s son, just as he had done with the Bear, and all the doctors thought he was powerful, shooting at this young man and curing him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 shooting shoot VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 shooting shoot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 37 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 curing cure VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | the Bear boy | | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **begin** | past | the Bear boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **shoot** | gerund | the Bear boy *not said here* | | | | | at the chief's son | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at son=Destination | | 4 | **do** | past · perfect | boy | | | | | with the Bear | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | all doctors | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | boy | | | | | powerful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **shoot** | gerund | all doctors *not said here* | | | | | at this young man | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at man=Destination | | 8 | **cure** | gerund | all doctors *not said here* | boy | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Source | 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 294](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/294/) - next →: [sentence 296](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/296/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)