--- title: The fourth day after the young couple were married and had moved int… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The fourth day after the young couple were married and had moved into the new lodge, the stranger arose early, and after a hurried meal told Plover Call that he intended to go hunting. Who acts: stranger, 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 (stranger, 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:pg66596:12:56 # text = The fourth day after the young couple were married and had moved into the new lodge, the stranger arose early, and after a hurried meal told Plover Call that he intended to go hunting. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 21 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 after after ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 Plover Plover PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 Call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | past · passive | | the fourth day after the young couple | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **move** | past · perfect | | | | the new lodge | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into lodge=Trajectory | | 3 | **arise** | past | the stranger | | | | | early *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hurry** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the stranger *not said here* | | | | after a hurried meal | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **call** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Plover | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **intend** | past | stranger | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | stranger *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **hunt** | gerund | stranger *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/57/) - ↑ back to [Thunder Maker and Cold Maker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/)