--- title: Raising his hand to strike, he stepped suddenly towards his enemy, b… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Raising his hand to strike, he stepped suddenly towards his enemy, but the man as quickly held up some soft, white, downy eagle feathers, and blew them from his hand, and a terrible cold, biting wind filled the lodge. Who acts: Maker, man, wind. 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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 (Maker, man, wind), 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:pg66596:12:126 # text = Raising his hand to strike, he stepped suddenly towards his enemy, but the man as quickly held up some soft, white, downy eagle feathers, and blew them from his hand, and a terrible cold, biting wind filled the lodge. 1 Raising raise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 towards towards ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 22 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 26 downy downy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 biting bite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 43 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | gerund | Maker *not said here* | Maker's hand | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 2 | **strike** | to-infinitive | Maker *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **step** | past | Maker | the man | | Maker's enemy | | suddenly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards enemy=Destination | | 4 | **hold up** | participle | the man *not said here* | some soft downy eagle feathers | | | | quickly *property* | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot feather=Theme | | 5 | **blow** | past | Maker *not said here* | feathers *= feather* | | | | from Maker's hand; a terrible cold *obl* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient from hand=Co-Patient | | 6 | **bite** | gerund | Maker *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fill** | past | wind | the lodge | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lodge=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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/127/) - ↑ back to [Thunder Maker and Cold Maker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/)