--- title: I know that you are sorry for your poor father, my brother, and I wi… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: I know that you are sorry for your poor father, my brother, and I wished you to come here, so that I might make you my son and give my power to you, so that you may become a great man among your people. Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:pg66596:10:69 # text = I know that you are sorry for your poor father, my brother, and I wished you to come here, so that I might make you my son and give my power to you, so that you may become a great man among your people. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 27 mark _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 xcomp _ _ 46 among among ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | for your poor father and my brother; sorry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **wish** | past | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | might | I | my son | you | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary son=Product | | 6 | **give** | infinitive | I *not said here* | my power | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Theme to you=Recipient | | 7 | **become** | may | you | a great man among your people | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/70/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)