--- title: One evening, Plover Call, the daughter, went out to gather the night… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: One evening, Plover Call, the daughter, went out to gather the night’s wood, and while she was lashing a pile of it to carry in she happened to look up, and saw standing near a man wearing his robe hair side out. Who acts: Plover. 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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 (Plover), 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:pg66596:12:32 # text = One evening, Plover Call, the daughter, went out to gather the night’s wood, and while she was lashing a pile of it to carry in she happened to look up, and saw standing near a man wearing his robe hair side out. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Plover Plover PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 Call Call PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 out out ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 lashing lash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 30 in in SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 39 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 xcomp _ _ 40 near near ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 45 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 48 out out ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | Plover | | | | evening | out *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **gather** | to-infinitive | Plover *not said here* | the night's wood | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | | 3 | **lash** | past · progressive | Plover | a pile of cold | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pile=Patient | | 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive | Plover *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **happen** | past | Plover | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **look up** | to-infinitive | Plover *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** | past | Plover *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **stand** | gerund | Plover *not said here* | | | | | near a man | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near man=Location | | 9 | **wear** | gerund | Plover *not said here* | man's hair side | | | | out *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent side=Source | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/33/) - ↑ back to [Thunder Maker and Cold Maker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/)