--- title: “Yes,” the sick man replied, “the night before this affliction came… — The Punishment of the Stingy, and Other Indian S… · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes,” the sick man replied, “the night before this affliction came upon me, I had a terrible dream; you remember that I killed two Crow warriors this spring when we had the battle with them at the Yellow River. Who acts: sick man, night, you, we. 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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 (sick man, night, you, we), 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:pg66596:13:19 # text = “Yes,” the sick man replied, “the night before this affliction came upon me, I had a terrible dream; you remember that I killed two Crow warriors this spring when we had the battle with them at the Yellow River. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 before before ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 affliction affliction NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 32 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:unmarked _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Yellow Yellow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the sick man | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the night before this affliction | | | | | upon the sick man *= man* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon i=Location | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the sick man *= man* | a terrible dream | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient | | 4 | **remember** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **kill** *in a quote* | past | the sick man *= man* | two Crow warriors this spring | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Theme | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | past | we | the battle | | the Yellow River | | with dreams *= dream* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Patient | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/20/) - ↑ back to [The Blindness of Pi-waṕ-ōk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66596/13/)