--- title: After a moment he got up on his feet and slapped his paws on his che… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: After a moment he got up on his feet and slapped his paws on his chest several times, and the bullet came out of his mouth, and he walked around the fireplace two or three times, and made motions and grunted, and then he was well. Who acts: boy, bullet. 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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 (boy, bullet), 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:pg66596:10:91 # text = After a moment he got up on his feet and slapped his paws on his chest several times, and the bullet came out of his mouth, and he walked around the fireplace two or three times, and made motions and grunted, and then he was well. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 slapped slap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 bullet bullet NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 out out ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 around around ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fireplace fireplace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 conj _ _ 38 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 42 motions motion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 grunted grunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | boy | | | boy's feet | moment | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on foot=Source | | 2 | **slap** | past | boy *not said here* | boy's paws | | | time | on boy's chest | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent paw=Instrument on chest=Patient | | 3 | **come out** | past | the bullet | boy's mouth | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient mouth=Result | | 4 | **walk** | past | boy | | | the fireplace | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around fireplace=Trajectory | | 5 | **make** | past | boy *not said here* | motions | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset motion=Product | | 6 | **grunt** | past | boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | boy | | | | then | well *property* | tree rules | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/92/) - ↑ back to [The Grizzly Bear’s Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/10/)