--- title: Plover Call went to the doorway and beckoned to the young man, and w… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Plover Call went to the doorway and beckoned to the young man, and when he had entered, her father and mother motioned him to a seat, and soon began to talk to him, asking many questions. Who acts: Plover Call, man, father. 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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 Call, man, father), 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:pg66596:12:51 # text = Plover Call went to the doorway and beckoned to the young man, and when he had entered, her father and mother motioned him to a seat, and soon began to talk to him, asking many questions. 1 Plover plover NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 doorway doorway NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 beckoned beckon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 motioned motion VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 32 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 39 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Plover Call | | | the doorway | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to doorway=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **beckon** | participle | Plover Call *not said here* | | the young man | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient | | 3 | **enter** | past · perfect | man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **motion** | past | Call's father and mother | man | | | | to a seat | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | past | Plover Call *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **talk** | to-infinitive | Plover Call *not said here* | | man | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Plover Call *not said here* | many questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/52/) - ↑ back to [Thunder Maker and Cold Maker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/)