--- title: The fears of the little family were again aroused, and when at night… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: The fears of the little family were again aroused, and when at night the young man returned after a long rumbling of thunder, they were all frightened, and feared that something dreadful was about to happen. Who acts: young man, something, 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 (young man, something, 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:pg66596:12:74 # text = The fears of the little family were again aroused, and when at night the young man returned after a long rumbling of thunder, they were all frightened, and feared that something dreadful was about to happen. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fears fear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 aroused arouse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 19 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 rumbling rumbling NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 28 all all ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 37 nsubj _ _ 35 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arouse** | past · passive | | the fears of the little family | | | again | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **return** | participle | the young man | | | | after a long rumbling of thunder; night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **frighten** | past · passive | | fears *= fear* | | | | all *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **fear** | past | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | something | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **happen** | to-infinitive | something *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fear** | | | the little family | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/75/) - ↑ back to [Thunder Maker and Cold Maker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/)