--- title: The Sun called Scarface to him and dressed him in clothes made of wh… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The Sun called Scarface to him and dressed him in clothes made of white buffalo skins and painted his face and said: “It is now time, my son, for you to return to your people, for they need your help. Who acts: Sun, face, you, people. 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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 (Sun, face, you, people), 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:pg66596:11:87 # text = The Sun called Scarface to him and dressed him in clothes made of white buffalo skins and painted his face and said: “It is now time, my son, for you to return to your people, for they need your help. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Scarface Scarface PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 8 obl _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 skins skin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 painted paint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | the Sun | Scarface | Scarface | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent scarface=Topic to he=Recipient | | 2 | **dress** | past | the Sun *not said here* | Scarface | | clothes | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **make** | participle | | clothes *not said here* | | | | of white buffalo skins | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **paint** | past | the Sun *not said here* | Scarface's face | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Sun *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | face | time | | | now | my son *vocative* | tree rules | | 7 | **return** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you | | | | | to your people *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to people=Result | | 8 | **need** *in a quote* | present | people | your help | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme | | 9 | **help** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/11/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/11/88/) - ↑ back to [The First Medicine Lodge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/11/)