--- title: Plover Call and her parents came out of their lodges, looked around,… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: Plover Call and her parents came out of their lodges, looked around, and were surprised to see that there was not a cloud in the sky; and again it was the wrong time of year for thunder. Who acts: Plover Call, cloud. 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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, cloud), 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:pg66596:12:59 # text = Plover Call and her parents came out of their lodges, looked around, and were surprised to see that there was not a cloud in the sky; and again it was the wrong time of year for thunder. 1 Plover plover NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Call call NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 lodges lodge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 around around ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 22 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | Plover Call and Call's parents | | | | | of parents's lodges; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **look around** | participle | | parents's lodges *not said here* | | | | around *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **be** | past | a cloud in the sky | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | cloud | the wrong time | | | again; year | for thunder | tree rules | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/60/) - ↑ back to [Thunder Maker and Cold Maker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/)