--- title: Then he put down the gun, and went to the she-bear and put his mouth… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he put down the gun, and went to the she-bear and put his mouth on the wound, and breathed on it and snorted “whoof,” and sucked in his breath and took the bullet out, and went around the lodge, singing and making motions, and then he took hold of the she-bear and lifted her to her feet, and su --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/85/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Punishment of the Stingy, and Othe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/) / [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/) / 85 # The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories, The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine, sentence 85 Then he put down the gun, and went to the she-bear and put his mouth on the wound, and breathed on it and snorted “whoof,” and sucked in his breath and took the bullet out, and went around the lodge, singing and making motions, and then he took hold of the she-bear and lifted her to her feet, and supported her, and pushed her around, and helped her, and at last she walked, and was well. **Who acts:** boy, wife · **What happens:** put down, go, put, breathe, snort, suck · **To what, where:** gun, bear, mouth, wound, whoof, breath This is a sentence of «The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian Stories» by George Bird Grinnell, The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, wife), 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:pg66596:10:85 # text = Then he put down the gun, and went to the she-bear and put his mouth on the wound, and breathed on it and snorted “whoof,” and sucked in his breath and took the bullet out, and went around the lodge, singing and making motions, and then he took hold of the she-bear and lifted her to her feet, and supported her, and pushed her around, and helped her, and at last she walked, and was well. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 breathed breathe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 snorted snort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 whoof whoof NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 sucked suck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bullet bullet NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 around around ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 conj _ _ 53 motions motion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 58 advmod _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 59 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 67 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 supported support VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 74 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 77 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 78 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ _ 79 around around ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 81 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 82 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 83 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 85 and and CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 86 at at ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 87 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 89 obl _ _ 88 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 89 nsubj _ _ 89 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 91 and and CCONJ CC _ 93 cc _ _ 92 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 93 cop _ _ 93 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 89 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put down** | past | boy | the gun | | | then | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent gun=Goal | | 2 | **go** | past | boy *not said here* | | | the bear wife | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bear=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **put** | past | boy *not said here* | boy's mouth | | the wound | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme on wound=Destination | | 4 | **breathe** | participle | boy *not said here* | | | wound | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on it=Destination | | 5 | **snort** | past | boy *not said here* | whoof | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whoof=Patient | | 6 | **suck** | past | boy *not said here* | | | boy's breath | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **take out** | past | boy *not said here* | the bullet | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bullet=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past | boy *not said here* | | | the lodge | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme around lodge=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **make** | gerund | boy *not said here* | motions | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset motion=Product | | 11 | **take** | past | boy | hold of the bear wife | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 12 | **lift** | past | boy *not said here* | wife | | wife's feet | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to foot=Destination | | 13 | **support** | past | boy *not said here* | wife | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 14 | **push around** | past | boy *not said here* | wife | | | | around *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 15 | **help** | past | boy *not said here* | | wife | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 16 | **walk** | past | wife | | | last | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Trajectory | | 17 | **is** | past | | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 18 | **hold** | | | the bear wife | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/86/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)