--- title: Again the Moon rubbed the medicine on Scarface, until she was sure t… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Again the Moon rubbed the medicine on Scarface, until she was sure that the two young men looked alike, and again she took them before the Sun and said, “O Sun, tell me now which is our son.” Who acts: Moon, bade, two young men, Sun. 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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 (Moon, bade, two young men, Sun), 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:pg66596:11:73 # text = Again the Moon rubbed the medicine on Scarface, until she was sure that the two young men looked alike, and again she took them before the Sun and said, “O Sun, tell me now which is our son.” 1 Again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Scarface scarface NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 until until SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 17 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 20 alike alike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 O o INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ _ 35 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | past | the Moon | the medicine | | Scarface | again | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme on scarface=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | bade | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | past | the two young men | | | | | alike *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | past | bade | men *= man* | | | before the Sun; again | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme before sun=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Moon *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | Sun | | the Moon *= moon* | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | our son | | | | which *nsubj*; our *nmod:poss* | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/11/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/11/74/) - ↑ back to [The First Medicine Lodge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/11/)