--- title: See these arrows, these guns, these leggings, these beads, and the m… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: See these arrows, these guns, these leggings, these beads, and the medicine that men have brought, thinking to kill me; but I have killed them, and have taken these things, and keep them here. Who acts: you. 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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 (you), 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:pg66596:10:65 # text = See these arrows, these guns, these leggings, these beads, and the medicine that men have brought, thinking to kill me; but I have killed them, and have taken these things, and keep them here. 1 See see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 guns gun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 leggings legging NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 beads bead NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 36 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | this arrows | | | | this guns the medicine and this leggings and this beads *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arrow=Stimulus | | 2 | **bring** | present · perfect · passive | | the medicine | | | | men *nsubj:pass* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | me | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | | beads *= bead* *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer they=Result | | 6 | **take** | present · perfect | | this things | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 7 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | things *= thing* | | here | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/66/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)