--- title: “It is a very long distance that I must travel,” he said to them, “a… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: “It is a very long distance that I must travel,” he said to them, “and I may be away many moons; but do not worry, for I shall return as soon as I can.” Who acts: hunt, long distance, husband. 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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 (hunt, long distance, husband), 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:pg66596:12:85 # text = “It is a very long distance that I must travel,” he said to them, “and I may be away many moons; but do not worry, for I shall return as soon as I can.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 25 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 moons moon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 worry worry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | hunt | a long distance | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **travel** *in a quote* | must | a long distance | | | | | I *nsubj* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | husband | | people | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | may | husband | | | | | many moons *nsubj*; away *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **worry** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **return** *in a quote* | shall | husband | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/86/) - ↑ back to [Thunder Maker and Cold Maker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/12/)