--- title: He picked up his bow-case and quiver, slung it on his back and start… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: He picked up his bow-case and quiver, slung it on his back and started, and shortly after he left the lodge, low, continuous rumbling of thunder was heard, beginning quite near the lodges, and finally dying away in the distance. Who acts: stranger, thunder. 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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, thunder), 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:pg66596:12:58 # text = He picked up his bow-case and quiver, slung it on his back and started, and shortly after he left the lodge, low, continuous rumbling of thunder was heard, beginning quite near the lodges, and finally dying away in the distance. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 5 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 quiver quiver NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 slung sling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 after after SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 continuous continuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 rumbling rumbling NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 37 quite quite ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 near near ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lodges lodge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 finally finally ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | past | stranger | stranger's bow case and quiver | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Topic | | 2 | **sling** | past | | quiver | | stranger's back | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme on back=Destination | | 3 | **start** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **leave** | past | stranger | | | | | shortly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | past · passive | | the lodge | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **begin** | gerund | | | | the lodges | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **die away** | gerund | stranger *not said here* | | | | | in the distance; away, finally *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in distance=Attribute | | 8 | **rumble** | | thunder | | | | | | nom rumbling «event intransitive»: of=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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/59/) - ↑ back to [Thunder Maker and Cold Maker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/)