--- title: “I am their mother,” the bird replied, “and, since you have called u… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: “I am their mother,” the bird replied, “and, since you have called upon me in their name, say what is in your mind; I will help you if I can.” Who acts: mother, birds, your. 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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 (mother, birds, your), 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:pg66596:13:107 # text = “I am their mother,” the bird replied, “and, since you have called upon me in their name, say what is in your mind; I will help you if I can.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 since since SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 ccomp _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | ōk's mother *= mother* | ōk's mother | | | | ōk *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | ōk's mother | | | | | the bird *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **call** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | you | | birds's name | | upon ōk's mother *= mother* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **help** *in a quote* | future | ōk's mother *= mother* | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 7 | **name** *in a quote* | | birds *= bird* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **mind** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/108/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)